Alliance Zeroes In On ‘Nightmare’ Streets (Queens Chronicle) Horn-honking, double-parking, air pollution, treacherous pedestrian crossings and endless gridlock were among the laundry list of grievances aired at the first meeting of the Western Jackson Heights Alliance last week. [News Source]

Neighbors can comment on Louisville Paving (Louisville Courier-Journal) The public gets a chance tomorrow morning to comment on whether a Clifton neighborhood business should be fined for alleged air pollution violations between 2001 and 2004. Hearing Office Scott Majors has recommended that Louisville Paving be fined $41,650 in a matter going before the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control Board at 9 a.m. at 850 Barret Ave. In a trial-like hearing last year, ... [News Source]

Alliance Zeroes In On ‘Nightmare’ Streets (Queens Chronicle) Horn-honking, double-parking, air pollution, treacherous pedestrian crossings and endless gridlock were among the laundry list of grievances aired at the first meeting of the Western Jackson Heights Alliance last week. [News Source]

Alliance Zeroes In On ‘Nightmare’ Streets (Queens Chronicle)

Horn-honking, double-parking, air pollution, treacherous pedestrian crossings and endless gridlock were among the laundry list of grievances aired at the first meeting of the Western Jackson Heights Alliance last week.

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Questions Abound Over Bio Plant (Mountain View Telegraph) By Matt Gomez Mountain View Telegraph Discussion ranged from air pollution to allergy relief at a public hearing Tuesday on an air quality permit for a proposed 35-megawatt biomass power plant southwest of Estancia. [News Source]

Alliance Zeroes In On ‘Nightmare’ Streets (Queens Chronicle) Horn-honking, double-parking, air pollution, treacherous pedestrian crossings and endless gridlock were among the laundry list of grievances aired at the first meeting of the Western Jackson Heights Alliance last week. [News Source]

Ethanol: Just one step toward a cleaner environment (South Idaho Press) By early 2008, Mini-Cassia will be the home of two major ethanol plants, making it a key player in the future of what some environmental experts have hailed as an effective means of decreasing air pollution. [News Source]

Sponsor says fate of clean-air bill in doubt (Fox 11 Tucson) PHOENIX (AP) -- The Senate advanced a bill on Wednesday to combat air pollution in the Phoenix and Tucson areas, but its sponsor said the bill's fate and scope are in serious question as industries and other interests resist proposed mandates. [News Source]

Smog-Eating Concrete Shows Promise (BuildingOnline) It's sounds crazy, but a type of concrete has been developed that when in the presence of light, breaks down the main ingredients of air pollution. One town in a test phase reports 60 percent lower levels of certain pollutants. [News Source]

Controversy Over Water Use On Helotes Fire (KXAN 36 Austin) SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- State environmental officials have doused a massive mulch fire burning northwest of San Antonio with water in order to reduce air pollution. That move breaks an agreement with city water officials. [News Source]

Our View: EPA cracking down on diesel engines (The Olympian) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has gradually been cracking down on diesel engine emissions, one of the nation's most serious causes of air pollution. Recently, agency Administrator Stephen Johnson came to Port Elizabeth to announce a welcome extension of the effort. [News Source]