Toxic-waste issue: fact or myth? Environmentalists have raised the specter of the Philippines being used as a dumping ground of Japanese toxic waste and hazardous materials once the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) becomes effective. [News Source]

Shanghai leads a transit boom in China. In 1990, Shanghai was a poor, decaying postcolonial metropolis shaking off decades of economic stagnation. Its streets were congested, too — with bicycles. [News Source]

Row over “grotesque” plans for Cannington. "Grotesque" plans to "industrialise the countryside" have been criticised this week by UK residents aiming to block a major industrial development at Cannington. [News Source]

Travellers upset by noise, dust and traffic. Travellers waiting to be moved from their home of 36 years have criticised the Olympic authorities for exposing them to excessive dust, noise and traffic. [News Source]

Going green at the grocery. With environmentalists targeting plastic shopping bags as a massive source of litter and waste, a growing number of cities and nations are passing laws and levies to reduce their use. [News Source]

Incentives helping make Utah the hot spot for natural gas cars. Pennsylvania car dealer John Jakobsen watched a Ford Crown Victoria go unsold at the auction for several weeks in a row before curiosity got the best of him. [News Source]

As China roars, pollution reaches deadly extremes. Just as the speed and scale of China’s rise as an economic power have no clear parallel in history, so its pollution problem has shattered all precedents. [News Source]

Environmental concerns arise close to home for Paonia health analyst. Theo Colborn's battle to protect public health has taken her from western Colorado to Washington, D.C., and back. Now she is focused on the effects of extracting natural gas on air and water quality in western Colorado. [News Source]

Air pollution major social challenge. The impact of air pollution is one of the major environmental and social issues facing Zimbabwe the Secretary for Environment and Tourism, Mrs Margaret Sangarwe, has said. [News Source]

Adopting western lifestyle one cause for asthma. The prevalence of asthma is increasing throughout the world, and the rate appears to increase as communities adopt western lifestyles and become urbanized. [News Source]

EPA seeks drilling review. The EPA has intervened in a plan to allow gas drilling in northwestern Colorado's Vermillion Basin, concerned the project could drive up air pollution in surrounding wilderness and national park areas. [News Source]