Fuel Tech Announces FUEL CHEM(R) Demonstration From New Customer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) BATAVIA, Ill.----Fuel Tech, Inc. , a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of a FUEL CHEM® demonstration order from a new industrial customer in the Upper Midwest. [News Source]

Shisha smoking is more harmful than cigarettes: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) Smoking a shisha gives off as much carbon monoxide as 15 to 52 cigarettes and as much tar as 27 to 102 cigarettes, said a French national laboratory report cited by the French anti-tobacco agency (OFT). [News Source]

Beijing suspends sale of Olympics tickets after demand crashes computers (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) BEIJING - Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have been suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next year's Games said Wednesday. [News Source]

Beijing Suspends Olympics Ticket Sales (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics were suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next summer's games said Wednesday. [News Source]

Even with "blue skies", is Beijing's air safe? (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has vowed that next year's Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, but even on an apparently clear day the pollution levels may not be safe for athletes. [News Source]

Beijing suspends sale of Olympics tickets after demand crashes computers (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have been suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next year's Games said Wednesday. [News Source]

People get exposed to air pollutants the most while driving (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): A new study by researchers from the University of southern California (USC) has revealed that people get exposed to harmful air pollutants the most while travelling in their vehicles. In a study in Los Angeles, the scientists found that the average driver spent about six percent (1.5 hours) of his or her day on the road, and this period accounted for almost 33 to 45 ... [News Source]

Beijing suspends sale of Olympics tickets after demand crashes computers (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have been suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next summer's Games said Wednesday. [News Source]

Commuters Inhale Heavy Dose of Pollution (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Driving is more hazardous than anyone knew: A heavy commuter inhales more pollution while driving than in the entire rest of the day, a new study finds. [News Source]

Sustainability in the Global Paint Industry –- Performance Technology That is Also Better for the Environment (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) The global paint and coatings industry is doing its part to build a safer, greener and more sustainable world. These were the observations of Luis Fernandez, Vice President and Global Business Leader for Rohm and Haas’s $2 billion Paint and Coatings Materials business, when he addressed ABRAFATI, the Brazilian Paint Manufacturers Association, late last week. [News Source]

Ban sought for Yellowstone snowmobiles (AP via Yahoo! News) Eighty-five members of Congress are asking the National Park Service to phase out snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. They contend the agency is ignoring the increased noise and air pollution that would result from a plan to allow up to 540 of the machines daily. [News Source]