Fuel for growth: Execs propose N.H.’s first biodiesel plant in Salem.

New Hampshire’s first commercial biodiesel plant is proposed by a pair of Salem executives who want to stake a claim in the alternative fuel market for automobiles and home heating.

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Clean cars: Paying the price for an SUV. Call it the Robin Hood approach to global warming. California drivers who buy new Hummers, Ford Expeditions and other big vehicles that emit high levels of greenhouse gases would pay a fee of up to $2,500. [News Source]

Air pressure. On April 2nd, in its most important environmental decision for many years, the Supreme Court at last settled one of the biggest outstanding questions: whether the government has the authority to curb emissions in the first place. [News Source]

Supreme Court puts the squeeze on EPA. In the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling that CO2 is an air pollutant, Congress is stepping up pressure on EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. The decision will also affect an array of lawsuits focused on greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Westpac card joins green bandwagon. Westpac has launched a scheme that allows credit card holders to use reward points to offset their carbon emissions. [News Source]

World to wheeze as planet warms. Climate change is likely to bring more pollen and smog-induced asthma. [News Source]

U.S. States’ effort to reduce vehicle emissions gets 1st court test in Vermont. A week after the U.S. Supreme Court said vehicle carbon dioxide emissions can be regulated like other pollutants, an effort by several states to do that is about to get its first court test. [News Source]

Churches put faith in action for environment. The global environmental crisis has filled spiritual leaders with a bitter awe this Easter, a time for repentance and rebirth, to consider the broken body and the transcendent miracle. [News Source]

EPA wants to ease ethanol limits (The Monterey County Herald) The nation's goal of curbing oil imports by producing ethanol soon could have an additional price tag: more air pollution from the plants that make it. [News Source]

MADE HERE (The Plain Dealer) Fiberglass fan PRODUCTFiberglass-reinforced fan BRAND NAME:Ceilcote APC Club 7300 MAKER:Ceilcote Air Pollution Control WEBSITE: www.ceilcoteapc.com WHERE IT'S MADE:LaGrange Township HOW IT'S MADE:A welder cuts and welds a steel fan base before it's sent out for epoxy painting. [News Source]

Fewer ethanol limits possible (Aberdeen American News) The nation's goal of curbing oil imports by producing ethanol soon could have an additional price tag: more air pollution from the plants that make it. [News Source]