Groups fight power plant.

Conservation groups stepped up their pressure against a proposed coal-fired power plant in northeast Wyoming on Wednesday, with charges that regulators and the company behind the plant are downplaying the amount of pollution it will generate.

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Dynegy listens to dissent on coal plants. The day before Dynegy shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger with LS Power on Thursday, which turns Dynegy into a major power plant developer, CEO Bruce Williamson met with environmental groups in Washington, D.C. [News Source]

Chief of NJ’s largest utility asks Congress for caps on greenhouse gases. NJ's biggest utility is urging Congress to require a system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions stricter than what others in the industry favor -- and more costly, at least for companies with coal-fired electricity plants. [News Source]

A greener getaway takes root. This year, Michael Uehara will cut deeply into his company's bottom line as he starts a five-year project aimed at reducing by half the carbon footprint of King Pacific Lodge in the middle of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. [News Source]

APEC backs plan to cut aviation emission. Aviation greenhouse gas emissions could be cut by hundreds of thousands of tonnes under a plan supported by 21 APEC economies on Friday. [News Source]

Brum is top hot spot. The city to be hardest hit by global warming in the UK is Birmingham, a scientist has warned. [News Source]

Worst polluting public buildings to be named and shamed. Energy-hungry public buildings across Britain will be named and shamed from next spring under government plans to expose big emitters of carbon dioxide. [News Source]

PSEG exec tells Congress tough greenhouse gas limits needed. New Jersey's biggest utility is urging Congress to require a system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions stricter than what others in the industry favor -- and more costly, at least for companies with coal-fired electricity plants. [News Source]

Hong Kong May Face Legal Challenge Over Dirty Skies (Planet Ark) HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government may face its first legal battle over worsening air pollution after a green group asked for a review of its air quality laws on Thursday, arguing clean-up efforts were inadequate. [News Source]

Working Outside (WDEF Chattanooga) As you know, doctors say if you have problems with pollen and air pollution in general...just stay home under the air conditioner. But, what if you can't? Most of us have to get out and make a living, and some people are right out in the middle of it all, and they find ways to cope. read more [News Source]

EPA tells 20 states cut air pollution by ‘08 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized rules directing 20 U.S. states to slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010. [News Source]