Toxic air vote set for next week.

A Louisville environmental board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on changes to the city?s toxic air control program.

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Ethanol making way to Reedsburg. Reedsburg's ethanol plant remains on hold pending the NexGen Biofuels choosing an exact site for the plant, but NexGen is adamant that the plant shall be built. [News Source]

Group: Toxic Refinery Releases On Rise In Bay Area (CBS 5 Bay Area) The level of toxins being released into the air by major Bay Area refineries may be on the rise, creating air pollution that regulators tried to limit two years ago by ordering the refineries to cut back on their emissions. [News Source]

Duke won’t fight plant ruling. Duke Energy Corp. won't appeal a February decision by North Carolina's utility regulator allowing construction of only one coal-burning power plant, not the two it had requested. [News Source]

Honda earns ‘greenest automaker’ title for 2007. The UCS on a biennial basis gives the award to the company with the lowest overall production of smog-forming emissions and global warming emissions (primarily CO2) in its U.S. automobile fleet. [News Source]

Energy Summit: Insiders’ party? Backers call it balanced; critics cite 'dig-'n-burn crowd'. Conference organizer Jim Sims calls such criticism a "cheap shot" that ignores the diverse perspectives reflected in the summit's agenda. [News Source]

Delhi metro showcases public sector success . Metres below the rickshaws, hawkers and crowds of Delhi, a parallel world of air-conditioned calm, marble-lined floors and punctual trains showcases how India's crucial infrastructure can get built. [News Source]

Canada-U.S. agree to tackle cross-border pollution. Canada and the United States have agreed to negotiate a plan to reduce cross-border air pollution, Canada's environment minister said Friday. [News Source]

‘The ultimate in recycling’: earth-friendly burials. When she dies, Sullivan-Fahs says, she wants to be put in a plain wooden casket and buried without a vault to encourage decomposition. She also doesn't want to be embalmed because it involves chemicals. [News Source]

Canada and U.S. agree to new talks on reducing cross-border air pollution (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) WASHINGTON (CP) - Canada and the United States will start new negotiations to reduce cross-border air pollution, Environment Minister John Baird said Friday. [News Source]

Green technology is ‘the way forward’ (Gulf News) Dubai: The UAE should take example from European efforts when it comes to reducing air pollution as per the recent goals to cut down emissions by 20 per cent by 2020, said an environmental expert. [News Source]