Court Sides With Environmentalists Over Utility in Air Pollution Case (Environment News Service) , April 2, 2007 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously upheld a federal program designed to clean up the nation's oldest coal-fired power plants, vacating a lower court ruling that has derailed major air pollution enforcement efforts against Duke Energy and other utilities. [News Source]

Utilities lose air-pollution ruling (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court dealt a setback to the utility industry Monday, supporting a federal clean air initiative aimed at forcing power companies to install pollution control equipment on aging coal-fired power plants. In a unanimous decision, the justices ruled against Duke Energy Corp. in a lawsuit originally brought by the Clinton administration, part of a massive enforcement effort ... [News Source]

Urban air pollution ‘more dangerous than Chernobyl’ (Guardian Unlimited) · Study rates risks of city life as greater than radiation · Passive smoking worse than living in blast zone. [News Source]

Urban air pollution ‘more dangerous than Chernobyl’ (Guardian Unlimited) Study rates risks of city life as greater than radiation. [News Source]

Vancouver port ties fees to ship emission levels.

In a bid to stem growing air pollution, the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, will start charging international cargo ships fees that are based partly on a vessel’s smokestack emissions.

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UK report calls for wider climate change fight. The world needs to fight more polluting gases, and not just focus on carbon emissions, in the fight against climate change, according to a report published by the UK's Air Quality Expert Group on Monday. [News Source]

Plenty of bills in Legislature look at climate change. Montana hasn't joined other Western states' coalition on climate change, but there are plenty of bills dealing with the topic in the Legislature. [News Source]

Gas drill runs into critics. High atop the Wasatch Plateau, students from the Alpine School District frolic amid streams and trees as they learn about nature in an idyllic setting - if you don't count the huge drill rig, the scream of its power plant and the diesel fumes that waft across Clear Creek Outdoor Education Camp. [News Source]

Drivers get whiff of the future. Ilya Goldberg, a genetics researcher at the National Institutes of Health, is one of 50 believers in the Baltimore Biodiesel Collective who volunteer their time and money to sell this alternative fuel from a Baltimore organic garden store. [News Source]

For cleaner US ports, cut truck fumes first? The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are being spurred by a broad coalition of activists to curb emissions related to the shipping industry. The coalition hopes its plan to allow only trucking firms that embrace new emissions standards will expand nationwide. [News Source]

Higher anxiety per gallon. State and federal safety officials are worried by a Bakersfield refinery's proposal to use a toxic chemical -- hydrofluoric acid -- shunned by most California oil companies. [News Source]