Port OKs biofuel plant.

The biofuel revolution has reached Sacramento. The Port of Sacramento’s governing board on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal from Long Beach startup Primafuel Inc. to build a biodiesel plant that would make 60 million gallons a year of the alternative fuel.

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Promising renewable energy workshop to be held June 1. The Sierra Economic Development District (SEDD) will host a workshop at The North Tahoe Conference Center on June 1 where leading experts will facilitate sessions in biomass utilization. [News Source]

Bush feels heat on climate change. The president this week announced an auto-emissions plan designed to cut US oil consumption by 10 percent in 20 years. [News Source]

New federal policy risky for environment, some warn. Environmentalists are raising concerns that new federal regulations could increase air pollution in the Mid-Atlantic region. [News Source]

Cascadian ports target pollution. The ports of Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma have agreed to ambitious targets to reduce particulate emissions from ships at dock by 70 per cent by 2010 and those from cargo handlers by 30 per cent. [News Source]

Carbon tax the best route to curb greenhouse gases, economist says. Successive federal governments have launched at least five major campaigns since 1990 to get the country to reduce greenhouse gases, but to no avail. Emissions have risen relentlessly, and are well above Canada's Kyoto targets. [News Source]

Carbon tax the best route to curb greenhouse gases, economist says. Successive federal governments have launched at least five major campaigns since 1990 to get the country to reduce greenhouse gases, but to no avail. Emissions have risen relentlessly, and are well above Canada's Kyoto targets. [News Source]

Breast cancer risks all around us. More than 200 chemicals - many found in urban air and everyday products - cause breast cancer in animal tests, according to a compilation of scientific reports. [News Source]

Ports plan strategies to reduce maritime emissions. Building on programs already in place, the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver, B.C., are planning to reduce particulate matter -- found in soot, smoke, exhaust and diesel emissions -- by 70 percent from ships at berth and 30 percent from cargo-handling equipment. [News Source]

Duke center to study variables in infant health. A new center at Duke University will be the first in the South to study the complex roles that environment, genes and socioeconomic status play in causing premature births and lower birth weights among babies born in the South. [News Source]

School bus company falsified emissions test data, suit says. Public-interest groups say the company nation's largest school-bus operator has falsified emissions tests on the diesel exhaust-belching vehicles and has failed to warn children exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, as required by California law. [News Source]