Silver lining to Hong Kong’s haze. The Chinese air pollution crisis spells opportunity for Canadian eco-tech companies [News Source]

Gore’s ‘Truth’ spurs Mainers to action. A year and a half ago, Ray Sirois simply did not believe there was any truth to global warming, but last winter's mild weather and a lot of Internet research started changing his mind. [News Source]

County to examine cancer data. Cancer statistics for the area around Collegeville will be examined by the Montgomery County Health Department. The decision comes in the wake of the revelation that air testing has revealed an unusually high level of a carcinogenic chemical, trichloroethylene. [News Source]

Honda to cut environmental impact of NAmerica paint ops.

Honda Motor Co plans to invest over 20 bln yen by 2009 to make two of its coating facilities in North America more environmentally friendly, helping them comply with US air pollution regulations, the Nikkei reported, citing company sources.

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Working paper: The environment. The environment has suddenly vaulted to the top of the Canadian agenda, and politicians from coast to coast to coast are scrambling to put green issues at the top of their to-do lists. [News Source]

Only the pollution was not privatized. The government of Israel lined its pockets with plenty of cash last week through the privatization of the Haifa-based Oil Refineries and also ensured handsome revenues for the new controlling shareholders. [News Source]

Young, urban and green. After the birth of his two children, Chris Sukornyk, a recent Toronto convert of climate change switched his family's gas guzzler for a Smart car and hybrid Prius because he wants them to "have a future." [News Source]

War of greens: How British consumers are back-stabbing Kenya. In the UK, consumers will soon have a new criterion for selecting a food product: Its carbon footprint. [News Source]

Nogales grapples with murky issue: Mexico’s sewage. Every day, more than 14 million gallons of raw sewage rushes beneath the streets in Nogales through a pipeline crumbling from age and overuse. [News Source]

Paying up to counter greenhouse gases. For those who fret about the harmful environmental effects of driving and flying, a growing list of companies are offering a chance to "offset" the journey. The nascent industry is unregulated and there is not yet one accepted set of standards. [News Source]

Prospective TXU buyers would build fewer coal plants. The companies that want to buy TXU Corp. would build only three of the 11 coal-fired power plants TXU has proposed, and would cut retail electricity prices, addressing two issues that fueled public outcry against the power company. [News Source]