The driverless bus you hail with your mobile (The Scotsman) A MODEL of a futuristic "driverless" bus that promises to cut air pollution and traffic congestion was unveiled at the Science Museum yesterday. [News Source]

Three things people need - safe food, clean water and clean air.

According to a recent environmental survey, 82 percent of people care about food safety; 34 percent have been affected by polluted drinking water and 42 percent care about air pollution.

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Village tired of foreign garbage. Lianjiao has seen the quality of its air and water decline because of pollutants unleashed by the more than 400 garbage recycling and processing plants there. [News Source]

The driverless bus you hail with your mobile. A model of a futuristic "driverless" bus that promises to cut air pollution and traffic congestion was unveiled at the Science Museum yesterday. [News Source]

Wet is the new dry. Dry cleaning involves a liquid called perchloroethylene which is added to huge washing machines, and if even a little bit spills it can seep right through concrete or cement floors and contaminate the water table. [News Source]

Electric cars the answer for the future — and the present. Electric cars will "inevitably" replace gasoline-powered vehicles in coming decades, and the state can take steps now to prepare for and help speed the transition to a cleaner transportation system. [News Source]

Strickland creates job of energy adviser. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland pumped fuel into his energy plans on Wednesday by signing an executive order creating a high-level energy adviser position. [News Source]

Patrick to OK fees for power plants. Governor Deval Patrick is expected to announce today that Massachusetts will rejoin a group of other Northeast states that plan to combat global warming by charging power plants for emissions of so-called greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Feinstein urges action on global warming. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday unveiled a global-warming bill for the electricity sector that has the support of such major power companies as the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. [News Source]

US Court stays Calif. carbon emissions lawsuit. A federal judge put California's bid to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicle pollution on hold until the US Supreme Court rules on a related case. [News Source]

Shelby, Jefferson counties fail federal air quality tests.

Both Shelby and Jefferson counties failed a new federal air pollution test on the first day it was law.

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