Beijing to cut emissions for Games. Although there are three million registered vehicles on the road, Beijing is still confident in having blue skies for the Olympic Games next year. [News Source]

Beijing to set up mobile air quality monitors. Mobile air quality testing stations will be set up during next year's Beijing Olympics so athletes and coaches can monitor pollution levels first-hand, the city's vice mayor said Thursday. [News Source]

Cocaine, marijuana detected in the air in Rome. Scientists have discovered particles of cocaine and marijuana, as well as caffeine and tobacco, in the air of Italy's capital, they said overnight. [News Source]

Society: eco-architecture takes hold in Asia. Ocean One's creators say they are taking steps to lower the building's water and electricity consumption through green technology. Green technology often costs more, especially in a developing country like Thailand, where the latest eco-friendly gadgets have to be imported. [News Source]

Ethanol plants spark ‘green’ concerns in US cities. The Believers Bible Chapel outside this rusting northern Illinois industrial town may soon have a new neighbor -- a 118 million-gallon-per-year ethanol distillery. [News Source]

Bush calls for global emissions goals. President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, on Thursday called for a summit of the United States and other nations that spew the most greenhouse gases on the planet. [News Source]

White House Press Briefing by Tony Snow and Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) The following is a transcript of a press briefing by Tony Snow and Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality: [News Source]

Bush calls for global emissions goals (AP via Yahoo! News) President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, on Thursday called for a summit of the United States and other nations that spew the most greenhouse gases on the planet. [News Source]

Asthma statistics puzzle health officials.

Where you live may play a role in whether your child has asthma. The Utah Department of Health released a survey Wednesday that found great disparity from neighborhood to neighborhood and city to city when it comes to asthma rates.

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Hot Air from the White House (The Nation via Yahoo! News) The Nation -- President Bush dialed up the air conditioner and gave a speech about global warming the other day, something he clearly does not put in the major menace category. His "new initiative" for taking care of the difficulty boils to spending the next fifty years talking about the subject. That's his "new" initiative. What his old initiative may have been he did not say and nobody else ... [News Source]

Bush wants greenhouse gas summit (AP via Yahoo! News) President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, on Thursday called for a summit of the United States and other nations that spew the most greenhouse gases on the planet. [News Source]