UCSC study says Bay Area poor, minorities see more pollution (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal) A new report issued by the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at University of California, Santa Cruz, found that poor and minority residents of the Bay Area face higher exposure to air pollution and environmental hazards. [News Source]

Kicking out the jams.

Skymeter’s goal is to put a dent in urban traffic congestion. Grush was pleased by President Bush’s recent pronouncement: that he was seeking a 20 per cent reduction in fossil fuel consumption, to limit U.S. dependency on Mideast oil.

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Climate change will hit home. University of Oregon environmental studies professor Anthony Leiserowitz, said Americans place global warming as a comparatively low priority among national issues like war, the economy, healthcare, education, and even air and water pollution. [News Source]

Time to act on climate change. The Canadian Automobile Association has entered the debate about this important issue. It is promoting several ways to reduce greenhouse gases - including the use of public transit [News Source]

Getting a fair sheik. Saudi Arabia has not had an easy press on its attitude to global warming. [News Source]

Minister: Slovenia met its Kyoto targets, looking beyond them Slovenia's Kyoto target is to bring down the emissions by 8% to below the level of 1986. This means that it should cut its emissions by 18.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2012, which the country is on track to achieve. [News Source]

Report: Bay Area’s poor, minority residents face heavier pollution exposure (BizJournals) A new report issued by the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at UC-Santa Cruz found that poor and minority residents of the Bay Area face higher exposure to air pollution and environmental hazards. [News Source]

DTE’s Monroe plant gets pollution control. Detroit-based DTE is spending more than $1 billion to install new equipment that will reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury emissions at the facility. [News Source]

Residents fight ethanol plant in Curtis Bay. A group of north county residents joined neighbors in Baltimore last week to fight an uncomfortable irony - an ethanol plant planned near their homes might be good for other people's air quality, but not their own. [News Source]

Mastering the stairs. 600 climbers met yesterday at The Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel to climb Vancouver's tallest staircase to raise money and awareness in the fight against air pollution and related health issues. [News Source]

Smoky vehicles polluting environment: No vehicle-inspection centres in city yet. The Transport Department has failed to establish motor vehicle inspection and certification centres in the Punjab under its Urban Air Quality Management Programme. The centres were to be established to help control pollution and minimise road accidents, Daily Times has learnt. [News Source]