Spring Valley neighbors fume over idling trains.

A group of Spring Valley neighbors is hoping to convince NJ Transit to end its practice of idling trains at the Woodbine Yard.

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We’re better off thanks to Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act as we know it was created in 1970, the same year as the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

Pollution in Santiago. The change in wind direction has enveloped the Dominican Republic's second-largest city in smoke and dust from the Rafey garbage dump. [News Source]

Dubai’s abras to go green by using CNG. Traditional water taxis called abras in Dubai will go environment-friendly, with an agreement to convert abras to compressed natural gas. [News Source]

Government awaits EC feedback for transposing ‘polluter pays’ liability directive. The government is awaiting feedback from the European Commission on how to quantify and monetarise environmental damage caused by polluters before going ahead with the transposition of a key EU environmental directive. [News Source]

Ram unleashes cleanest diesel engine. Dodge has just fired the latest--and cleanest--shot in the big-pickup diesel wars. [News Source]

Energy audits help homes go green. Experts can find out where you're losing energy, and how to get it back. [News Source]

Climate crisis: it’s up to you.

Individuals have a role to play in tackling global warming, not just governments and industry, experts said on Friday as they called for people to change their lifestyles.

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Industry mum on Tory climate plan due to Kyoto’s public popularity. Industry leaders are worried about new federal regulations to cap air pollution and greenhouse gases, but they are afraid of complaining to avoid a public backlash, Environment Minister John Baird said Friday. [News Source]

UN panel urges greenhouse gas reductions now. Technologies are available to significantly reduce greenhouse gases but nations must adopt them far more aggressively to avert the worst consequences of global warming, the leading scientific authority on climate change said yesterday. [News Source]

How, exactly, will they do it? A decade after the birth of the Kyoto Protocol, Canada is still trying to commit itself to a goal for greenhouse gas cuts. [News Source]