Blanket of haze puts Olympic clean air target in doubt (AFP via Yahoo! News) As the clock ticks towards one year out from the Beijing Olympic Games, a thick blanket of haze wedged over the capital for several weeks is casting a polluted shadow over countdown celebrations. [News Source]

U.S. tries to avoid EU’s carbon-trading woes. European officials are urging air-pollution authorities in several U.S. states to avoid the problems that have plagued Europe's system for trading carbon-emissions credits since it was set up 2½ years ago. [News Source]

‘Death risk’ from air pollution. Low levels of exposure to air pollution can still increase the risk of dying early, an Imperial College London-led study says. [News Source]

Court asked to revisit mine ruling. The landmark Reserve Mining environmental case of the 1970s may soon be reopened to settle a contentious regulatory battle over air quality in Silver Bay, Minn. [News Source]

Neighbors cry foul as megafarms increase. The staggering odor from concentrated livestock operations is the price being paid by a growing number of rural Michigan residents as economic pressures force farmers to super-size operations to maximize profits and productivity. [News Source]

Fuel Tech Profitably Cleans Up Pollution (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) Daniel Jones submits: Fuel Tech, Inc. provides engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications worldwide. It offers boiler optimization, air pollution reduction, and control solutions. [News Source]

Harbor Truckers for a Sustainable Future Unite to Save Jobs in Response to Controversial Port Plan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----As a new clean air plan threatens more than 10,000 jobs at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, companies and individuals at risk of being forced out of business as a result of the proposed plan have formed the Harbor Truckers for a Sustainable Future . [News Source]

CECO Environmental: Busting Dust (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) Smallcap Investor submits: One companys pain is anothers pleasure. And so far until the dustup last week its been one delightful year for investors in CECO Environmental Corp. . As U.S. [News Source]

FACTBOX-FAQs on Asia’s regional groupings, ASEAN and ARF (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) (Reuters) - The Philippines is hosting the Association of South East Asian Nation's (ASEAN) annual security summit and Asia's largest security gathering, the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), on July 30-Aug 2. [News Source]