Zimbabwe to head key U.N. commission (AP via Yahoo! News) Zimbabwe won approval on Friday to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from the U.S., European nations and human rights organizations. [News Source]

Climate change: hot air becomes a cool breeze. Rupert Murdoch's welcome, if belated, epiphany on the perils of climate change will be an awful jolt to the Howard Government and the rest of the global warming denial crew. [News Source]

Get pollution controls on power plants, now. Congress passed landmark amendments to the Clean Air Act meant to rid our treasured national parks and other scenic public lands of air pollution 30 years ago. [News Source]

Lab studying S.C. nuke plant to close. A University of Georgia research center that provides the only academic look at radiation effects at a South Carolina nuclear weapons plant has lost its federal funding and is preparing to close. [News Source]

Trees will be a breath of fresh air for school. Five years ago, the American Lung Association enlisted atmospheric physicist Thomas Cahill to lead a volunteer study on the effects of vehicle exhaust particles in the Sacramento region. [News Source]

Coal-fired power plant gets green light. Montana state and federal regulators on Friday gave two thumbs up to plans to construct the state's seventh coal-fired power plant outside of Great Falls. [News Source]

Tories’ western support plummets in latest poll. Canadians aren't buying the Conservative government's green plan and have turned to the Liberals as their preferred party if a vote were held today, according to the latest Ipsos Reid poll. [News Source]

WBPCB to submit report on air pollution (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Justices Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Prabuddha Shankar Banerjee today directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to submit a detailed report outlining the data collected on air pollution through the installation of an Automatic Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station, which was installed on the top of Victoria Memorial in 2004. The ... [News Source]

U.S. tax credit could hurt Canadian ports: CP CEO (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada's West Coast ports could lose business if U.S. legislation aimed at curing chronic transport bottlenecks with tax breaks fuels major new investments south of the border, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s chief executive said on Friday. [News Source]

Zimbabwe likely to head key U.N. body (AP via Yahoo! News) Zimbabwe is likely to win approval to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from some Western countries and human rights organizations. [News Source]

Zimbabwe likely to head key U.N. body (AP via Yahoo! News) Zimbabwe is likely to win approval to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from some Western countries and human rights organizations. [News Source]