Study: Coal plants would foul D-FW air.

Pollution created by new power plants planned for East and Central Texas will harm Dallas-Fort Worth’s air quality and probably put Waco and Austin in violation of federal clean-air laws for the first time.

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Port of Oakland gets 11 cleaner trucks.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and two trucking companies are bringing the next generation of trucks to the Port of Oakland, adding 11 liquefied natural gas trucks that belch next to no emissions compared with the diesel rigs they replace.

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Butte ag engines at risk: All will have to be replaced unless local toxic control measure is implemented. Local California air quality officials are scrambling to ease the impact of a new state rule that would require Butte County farmers to replace about 300 diesel pump engines, at a cost of about $25,000 apiece. [News Source]

Ban for drive-thru windows? On Tuesday the Ripon, CA Planning Commission is expected to direct city staff to prepare a report about how other cities regulate drive-thru business in their towns and how to mitigate the impacts of idling automobiles — one of the leading causes of air pollution. [News Source]

EPA toughens rules restricting benzene. Northwesterners can expect to breath cleaner air and suffer fewer cases of leukemia for decades in the future because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has adopted tougher-than-expected restrictions on the benzene content of gasoline. [News Source]

Tougher wood-burning law in works. With the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent revision of air quality standards in Utah, the Bear River Health Department wants greater restrictions on wood burning during “red air” days. [News Source]

Smog, haze prompts metro Denver air quality alert. A lung-clogging layer of smog has been blanketing the metropolitan Denver area this week, prompting health officials to warn that even healthy people are at respiratory risk. [News Source]

Smog, haze prompts metro Denver air quality alert. A lung-clogging layer of smog has been blanketing the metropolitan Denver area this week, prompting health officials to warn that even healthy people are at respiratory risk. [News Source]

UT report: Coal plants could harm Waco’s air. A proposed building boom of coal-fired power plants across Texas could push Waco into violation of clean air standards and make Dallas-Fort Worth's smoggy air slightly worse, even if older, dirtier power generation is taken offline. [News Source]

EPA is watching foundry closely. More than a year after Columbus Steel Castings was linked to air pollution and foul odors on the South Side, Ohio, the problems haven't gone away, the state says. [News Source]

FPL fights doubts on proposed coal plant. By many measures -- namely, stuff spewed from smoke stacks -- the power plant that Florida Power & Light wants to build in the cane fields of rural Glades County would rank among the state's cleanest. [News Source]