Analysis: New Source Review issues linger.

The U.S. Supreme Court helped clarify the controversial New Source Review requirements for power plants and other major emitters of air pollution, but not to the point that it will be easy to figure out.

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Farms: Don’t call manure hazardous waste. It makes baseball in the pasture hazardous, to be sure. But should manure be federally classified as hazardous waste? [News Source]

Canal-lining project can proceed, court says . By early June, the San Diego County Water Authority expects contractors to resume their work on the controversial All-American Canal project, which has been strongly opposed in Mexico and by environmental groups. [News Source]

Thermal Energy to partner for R&D with Chinese university.

Thermal Energy International Inc. is partnering with the South China University of Technology and the Chinese government to research and develop ways to use the Ottawa-based company’s technology in China.

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California rejects natural gas terminal for BHP Billiton. The California State Lands Commission has rejected a proposed $800 million liquefied natural gas import terminal that BHP Billiton, Australia's biggest oil and gas producer, planned to build off the coast. [News Source]

Chevron expansion hearing set Thursday. Interested residents will be able to voice support or opposition Thursday to a proposed expansion at Chevron's Pascagoula oil refinery. The state expects to see increases in nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide air emissions. Both are toxic chemicals that contribute to urban air pollution. [News Source]

Vermont battles car industry. Today, a federal judge will hear opening arguments in a lawsuit filed by automakers and car dealers challenging the Green Mountain state's right to impose tough auto emissions standards on new cars and trucks. [News Source]

‘Guzzle’ fee for high- emission vehicles pitched. 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]

California: How the Golden State went green. In the state where the car is king and the freeways go on forever, revolution is in the air - and the water, and the landfills. California is bravely blazing a trail in the fight against climate change. Now its Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is being hailed as a global eco-hero. [News Source]

EPA ruling paves way for wider action. The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency has the power to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases could hasten federal regulatory action and support state initiatives on climate change of the kind pioneered by California's 2002 decision to regulate automobile emissions. [News Source]

City announces no-idling campaign. Burlington, Vermont, kicked off a new campaign against vehicle idling Monday with a united front of the city's administrative leadership. [News Source]