EPA Proposes Diesel Exhaust Cuts (RedNova) By JOHN HEILPRIN WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan Friday that would do away with most of the smog and soot caused by diesel-burning trains and boats. It's an ambitious move supported by many environmentalists and air pollution officials. [News Source]

EPA Proposes Cuts in Diesel Exhaust (RedNova) By JOHN HEILPRIN WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan Friday that would do away with most of the smog and soot caused by diesel-burning trains and boats. It's an ambitious move supported by many environmentalists and air pollution officials. [News Source]

EPA proposes new diesel emission standards to reduce pollution (phillyburbs.com) NEWARK, N.J. - New rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut air pollution from train and ship diesel engines by as much as ninety percent, the agency announced Thursday. [News Source]

American Lung Association Welcomes EPA Proposal to Clean Up Locomotive and Marine Diesel Engines (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) The American Lung Association welcomed a long overdue proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up locomotive and marine diesel engines. Locomotive and marine engines are a major source of air pollution across the country. Their emissions cause thousands of premature deaths each year. Although the rules were slated for completion last year, EPA is not expected to issue final ... [News Source]

Proposed EPA regulations would sharply reduce train, ship diesel emissions (Asbury Park Press) New rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut air pollution from train and ship diesel engines by as much as ninety percent, the agency announced Thursday. The Clean Air Locomotive and Marine Diesel Rule would require existing locomotives to be overhauled, and would set stringent emission standards for new train and marine diesel engines. ""By tackling the greatest remaining ... [News Source]

Clean Air Watch Welcomes EPA Proposal to Clean Up Dirty Diesel Trains and Boats (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) Frank O'Donnell, president of the non-profit Clean Air Watch, issued the following reaction today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to set new air pollution standards for diesel trains and boats: [News Source]

Mitigating climate change: Trees to the rescue?

After decades of denial about global warming and its after effects, the world was recently been jolted by reports of extreme floods in Kenya, Canada, Indonesia and Southern Africa, indications that global warming may be the chief culprit.

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Playing the blame game on pollution. European heads of state are meeting next week for an energy summit, amid fears about future energy supplies and the effect on global warming of fuels such as oil and gas. [News Source]

Will London be EU’s ‘greenest’ city? London Mayor Ken Livingstone announced a comprehensive plan on 27 February to cut the city's greenhouse-gas emissions by 60% within 20 years. [News Source]

Can you be traveling green by buying offsets? Buy an airline ticket online, and you're increasingly likely to see this pitch: Add a payment of a few dollars, and finance save-the-Earth activities to offset environmental damage caused by your trip. [News Source]

Urban commuting tough on the lungs. Urban commuters breathe air that contains levels of dangerous dust and soot that is often eight times higher than downtown air, environmental activists said in a report. [News Source]