Lobby For Tough Emission Standards On All Vehicles (Scoop.co.nz) The motor vehicle industry is lobbying the government to introduce tough new emissions standards on the New Zealand motor vehicle fleet to reduce air pollution. [News Source]

Signpost (The Weber State University Signpost) The haze of the winter inversion crept into the Wasatch Front earlier this year. Ket Bott, air-pollution meteorologist from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality., said typically, the inversion doesn't come until November, but early season cold storms created an inversion for October. [News Source]

Farmers feel pinch: Pollution controls could force equipment upgrades (The Record Searchlight) Looming state air pollution controls could force as many as 200 farmers and ranchers in Tehama County to spend thousands of dollars replacing or upgrading the stationary diesel pumps they use to irrigate their fields. [News Source]