Silicon Valley sees green in China’s ecological crisis. Sam Huang has found a new land of opportunity for Silicon Valley — in the shadow of a giant smokestack in the Yangtze River Delta. [News Source]

China pollution report. In its first report on China's environment, the international Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) finds that the country is harming its environment and the health of its citizens as its economy leaps forward. [News Source]

Railroad traffic restored on phosphorus spill location. Passenger and cargo traffic has been restored on the location of the yellow phosphorus spill in the Lvov region in the Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Kuzmuk told Ukraine’s Channel 5 on Sunday. [News Source]

Hotels hop on the ‘green’ bandwagon. In case you haven't noticed, hotels are going green, doing their part to be ecologically friendly. [News Source]

This little traveler saved the planet. Environmentally minded flyers can atone for their pollution by buying carbon offsets. [News Source]

What’s it like to live near an ethanol plant?

Last week, Portsmouth and Chesapeake officials visited the towns to see how the refineries had affected the communities.

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More motorists considering diesel. Sensing demand for cheaper fuel, automakers react. [News Source]

Park eyes climate change. With numerous changes predicted for climate in the Great Lakes Region over the next several decades, staff at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore worked last week on ideas to contend with those changes and ways to lessen the park's contributions to global warming. [News Source]

‘Clean fuel’ fleet a bigger polluter. The managers of Utah's massive auto fleet are abandoning natural gas, saying the vehicles are too expensive and drivers didn't like searching for stations that carry the alternative fuel. [News Source]

Volusia county car fleet goes green. While new Florida mandates for cutting greenhouse gas emissions don't apply to local governments, some are taking steps on their own. [News Source]

Carbon-neutral push warming up around the world. Defining carbon neutrality is simple: It means that you live in a way that -- on balance -- doesn't add to the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Achieving that goal is not simple. [News Source]