Fireplace Discount to Help Clear the Air: Agency Offers Incentives to Cut Chimney Pollution. (RedNova) By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Feb. 24--When it comes to fireside chats, local air pollution control officials believe money will talk louder than words. [News Source]

Green is the way to go in home renovations. Have you ever heard the saying “our homes are making us sick?” There is more truth to that statement than most people realize. When we think of green building products, we generally think of products that are renewable and/or energy efficient, products that are good for the environment. [News Source]

Web site tells how to handle smelly farms. A University of Missouri-Columbia agriculture program launched a Web site last week to help livestock producers cut down on air pollution through the strategic use of trees and shrubs, also known as shelterbelts. [News Source]

Grants will curb pollution of trucks. Technology hasn’t advanced quite that far, but Greensboro’s recent grant to buy 15 "diesel oxidation catalysts" is a step in that direction, said Gary Smith, the city’s equipment services manager. [News Source]

BP’s new gas station has solar panels and low-energy lights. An earth friendly fill-up? The nation's first certifiably green gasoline station sports a futuristic metal canopy covered in shiny triangles of uncoated, recyclable stainless steel. [News Source]

Back to grass roots. How much do you know about where your beef comes from? Paul Slayton, executive director of PA Beef Council, said he sees a slight shift in the market from consumers buying traditional beef products to more niche products, especially since cases of mad cow disease arose in 2003. [News Source]

Tidal power plan in works. The tides will turn in Knik Arm. And they will turn electric generators if Chris Sauer, president and CEO of Ocean Renewable Power Company proves his prototype turbine. [News Source]

Grow with the flow. Biofuels have come a long way in Maine over the past six years. Collecting vats of used fish-frying grease to blend with home-heating oil and diesel fuel has evolved into multimillion-dollar terminal investments by major petroleum distributors, aimed at mainstream markets. [News Source]

Suzuki distances himself from comments. Suzuki said Friday in Calgary that if the premier "doesn't realize not doing anything about greenhouse gases is going to wreck the economy," he doesn't deserve to be a leader, according to a story in the Calgary Herald. [News Source]

Oil delivery gone awry puts firm in spotlight.

A family has sued an oil and gas company that mistakenly dumped 250 gallons of heating oil into their basement, rendering their home unlivable.

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Alternative construction materials raking in green despite downturn. The housing downturn is leaving one part of the construction industry remarkably unscathed: makers of so-called green building materials. [News Source]