China pollution fuelled by heavy industry. China’s rapidly worsening pollution is being driven by a surge in investment in energy-intensive heavy ind­ustry caused by cut-throat competition among cities and provinces, according to a study released Tuesday. [News Source]

Health unit office scores gold for green. The new Grey Bruce Health Unit headquarters in Owen Sound will be one of the "greenest" buildings in Ontario once it's completed in autumn of 2008. [News Source]

Brighter, cleaner outlook for U.S. diesels. News that Nissan plans to introduce a diesel version of the Maxima in 2010 may leave a lump in the throat of baby boomers who remember the noisy, smelly, smoke-belching Oldsmobiles that clogged American air in the 1970s. [News Source]

Nuclear storm gathers as climate change experts meet. Few issues are as divisive as nuclear power, and the furore over its use threatens to resurface as leading scientists meet in Thailand to thrash out a plan to reduce the impact of climate change. [News Source]

Vermont launches defense of greenhouse gas rules. Vermont's greenhouse gas emissions limits on cars and trucks won't end global warming, but they are part of the Green Mountain State's attempt to do its "fair share." [News Source]

State of VT presents its arguments in automobile emissions case On trial over its adoption of strict new automobile emission standards, the state of Vermont began mounting its defense Tuesday. [News Source]

Black marks against clean coal champion. The corporation behind a clean coal project being championed by Labor leaders Kevin Rudd and Peter Beattie has repeatedly broken Queensland environment laws by releasing higher-than-allowed levels of a toxic greenhouse gas. [News Source]

Simple asthma plan could cut emergency hospital trips.

Thousands of asthma hospital admissions could be avoided if patients were given personalised plans to manage their condition, it was claimed yesterday.

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Asthma often goes untreated, doctors say. Lucia Gelbo of Willimantic had no idea it was even possible for her 4-year-old daughter, Brianna, to have asthma at such a young age. But now that she knows, she can also predict when an attack will kick in, as it did last week. [News Source]

Breaths of fresh air are hard to find. There are currently 5.2 million people in the UK receiving treatment for asthma. [News Source]

Early-life exposure to indoor fungal molecules can help build stronger immune systems. Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) say they have confirmed what other scientists have only suspected: early-life exposure to certain indoor fungal components (molecules) can help build stronger immune systems, and may protect against future allergies. [News Source]