Mayor told to support electric jeepneys.

The Climate Friendly Cities project, the first of its kind in the Philippines and in the Asian region, is an integrated approach to solving urban environmental problems while creating innovative solutions for mitigating climate change through a range of cutting-edge technologies.

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Local man hopes to aide overseas waterways. After the recent two-week visit by NY/NJ Baykeeper Andrew J. Willner and two others from the international Waterkeeper Alliance, the grass-roots group approved waterkeepers for the Middle Han River in Central China and the Beijing North Canal. [News Source]

Hong Kong may face legal challenge over dirty skies. 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]

A convenient truth. More and more people are going green, and by green, we mean eco-loving, tree-hugging, socially conscious, environmentally friendly, save-the-Earth green. [News Source]

Fort Collins farm is pioneer in ‘eat local’ movement. The average vegetable travels 1,500 miles en route to the consumer's table. [News Source]

Sun Tran offers free rides Sunday on all routes. Get the hang of using public transit Sunday when Sun Tran offers free bus rides around Tucson. [News Source]

Cape Wind moves on to federal review. The developer of a Nantucket Sound wind energy project hopes to begin producing clean energy by 2010, after winning final state environmental approval yesterday, but the project still faces a major remaining hurdle: an expansive federal government review. [News Source]

Projects funded to help cut air pollution from cars (Asheville Citizen-Times) RALEIGH - State environmental officials have awarded $798,398 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles, such as retrofitting school buses with controls to curb diesel emissions, expanding biodiesel storage and distribution... [News Source]

Asthma patients pay the price for ozone protection.

No one’s putting any restrictions on Hummers, backyard grills, coal-fired power plants or other pollutants but those who are already victims of air pollution — asthma victims — will be paying up to three times as much for their live-saving inhalers, all in the name of protecting the ozone layer.

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London asthma sufferers get space-based help. The city of London has launched an innovative service, funded by ESA, which delivers air pollution alerts and health advice via SMS text messages to those who suffer from asthma and other conditions vulnerable to poor air quality. [News Source]

What now for our feverish planet? It was probably always too much to believe that human beings would be responsible stewards of the planet. [News Source]