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A Tree In Brooklyn… And Everywhere Else (WCBS-TV New York) One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said Saturday. The tree program is one of 127 environmental proposals that Mayor Michael Bloomberg was set to outline Sunday in a speech at the Museum of Natural History, timed with the observance of Earth ... [News Source]

Help environment by voting. A longtime advocate says global warming is the most pressing issue, and 'We must solve it now.' [News Source]

Earth day: Americans feel the heat, urged to conserve more. The polar ice caps are melting, coal-fired power plants spew mercury into the air and Americans still can't swim or fish safely in 40 percent of U.S. waterways. [News Source]

County outlines green house gas measures. After state Attorney General Jerry Brown filed suit last week against San Bernardino County over "green house gases," the county has fired back by outlining a series of measures the county has taken to stem pollution. [News Source]

15 ways to live greener for Earth Day. Earth Day 2007 finds interest heating in the environment, particularly on the issue of global warming. [News Source]

Global warming. Tom Pritchett had just spent two hours pounding home the dire consequences of the Earth's rising temperature when he was asked to provide a morsel of hope. [News Source]

Trans-Pacific flight to track asian dust . To explore the link between climate change and air pollution, a scientist will launch a trans-Pacific journey with an unusual goal: to maneuver the nation's most advanced environmental research plane into the middle of a giant cloud of dust and soot. [News Source]

A tree in Brooklyn… and everywhere else: 1 million more by 2017 (Newsday) One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said Saturday. [News Source]

Capitol Power Plant still burns coal (UPI) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering dropping coal from the fuel mix at the Capitol Power Plant, one of Washington's major sources of air pollution. [News Source]

Owens Lake similiarites frightening, officials say. Local officials fear that if nothing is done at the Salton Sea, it will become the next Owens--currently the nation's biggest single source of particulate pollution--, with nearby residents suffering severe respiratory problems. [News Source]