Smog agency sues Public Utilities Commission over “hot” gases (Orange County Register) The region's smog agency sued the state Public Utilities Commission Tuesday, contending that a decision by the commission will lead to increased air pollution in Southern California. [News Source]

Beating Beijing’s pollution getting tougher - official.

Beijing had “good air” on nearly two thirds of days last year but progress on beating pollution will be more difficult in the 20 months until the Olympics, a city official said on Wednesday.

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Oud can cause respiratory ailments. A study from the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, suggests that burning incense considerably increases the risk of people contracting respiratory problems, even lung cancer. [News Source]

Edge HySeries goes without a gas engine that pollutes. Ford Motor has built a drivable prototype of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that uses no petroleum fuel and emits only water vapor from its exhaust pipes. [News Source]

Funding alternative fuels likely to climb. President Bush's proposal to cut gasoline use 20 percent by greatly expanding the use of alternative fuels is likely to accelerate an ethanol gold rush on Wall Street. [News Source]

Other cities OK with ethanol. Three small Nebraskan cities with ethanol plants have had few, if any, problems related to the structures, said various officials in those communities. [News Source]

Plan for nuclear cartel faces reality check. Piketon is one of 11 communities recently awarded a total of $16 million in study grants by the U.S. Department of Energy, to be used to determine if they would be suitable sites for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. [News Source]

Strengthening America’s energy security. Last night, President Bush asked Congress and America's scientists, farmers, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs to join him in pursuing the goal of reducing U.S. gasoline usage by 20 percent in the next ten years -- twenty in ten. [News Source]

Environmentalists speak to the dangers of global warming, benefit of wind power.

Global climate change could have a devastating effect on Delaware, but the state could be at the forefront in the battle against pollution, according to two environmental experts.

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Clean Air Act rewrite urged. The federal government should be legally required to write its annual budgets in the context of climate change, Canadian environmental groups said yesterday. [News Source]

New deals lower cost of carbon conscience. Proponents of "carbon neutrality" say it puts a price on pollution. But critics say there is not enough land available to plant the trees needed to absorb rising levels of emissions. [News Source]