Air Pollution District cites Subsurface Oilfield specialists for gas smell (KGET 17 Bakersfield) The Air Pollution District thinks it has tracked down the company responsible for the gas smell last Thursday and has issued a citation. Brenda Turner from the district said they issued the public nuisance citation against Subsurface Oilfield specialists. [News Source]

Clean air law skips Kyoto targets. Baird said Canadian businesses would be able to use Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism to offset pollution and move closer to the reduction targets that are expected to be announced within days. [News Source]

NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017 (AP via Yahoo! News) 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]

Car tax on cards for New York (drive.com.au) The proposal was one of several in a speech to mark Earth Day, an international day of environmental action. Mr Bloomberg's plans include measures to encourage home-building, plant 1 million trees, invest in public transport and reduce air pollution. [News Source]

Overseas investments will help businesses meet Kyoto. Baird said businesses would be able to use Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism to offset pollution and move closer to the reduction targets that are expected to be announced within days. [News Source]

Baird offers business a green deal. Canadian business will soon get a new option to fight global warming by using a Kyoto protocol measure to earn credits at home by investing in green projects abroad, Environment Minister John Baird said yesterday. [News Source]

Kyoto protocol targets won’t be part of Tories’ clean air legislation. Canadian business will soon get a new overseas option to fight global warming, but Canada’s Kyoto protocol targets won’t be included in upcoming federal targets and regulations to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Kyoto targets not part of Tory bill. Canada's Kyoto Protocol targets and other major changes forced into the minority Conservative government's clean air legislation by the opposition parties won't be included in federal targets and regulations to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases, Environment Minister John Baird said yesterday. [News Source]

China to overtake U.S. as top greenhouse emitter. China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest source of greenhouse gasses this year, a news report cited the International Energy Agency as saying. [News Source]

Indonesian court acquits Newmont, Ness of pollution. An Indonesian court acquitted a local unit of Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-largest gold miner, and a U.S. executive of charges they polluted a bay in the Southeast Asian nation with mercury and arsenic. [News Source]

NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017 (AP via Yahoo! News) 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]