Daily Digest of Business (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) ENVIRONMENT State fines U.S. Oil over air pollution U.S. Oil Co. of Combined Locks is to... [News Source]

U.S. Oil pays $450,000 to settle pollution charges (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) U.S. Oil Co. Inc., a Combined Locks operator of fuel stations and terminals, will pay $450,000 to settle allegations that it violated Wisconsin air pollution control laws at facilities in Milwaukee and Green Bay. [News Source]

State Tries to Cut Down on Air Pollution in Harlem (WNYC New York Public Radio) Environmental officials are testing out a new program aimed at finding and ticketing diesel trucks that are polluting the air. The State Department of Environmental Conservation started its crack dow.... [News Source]

State, NYC Crack Down On East Harlem Air Pollution (WCBS-TV New York) If you're ever been behind a big truck spewing filthy exhaust, or you see an apartment building polluting the sky with black smoke, you may wonder why no one has ever tried to stop this. Friday, two agencies say they will do so, for the sake of peoples' health.  [News Source]

TODAY’S EDITORIAL: Dim and Grim (The Times of India) An American radio station anchor observed that this newspaper devoted more lead space to reports on air pollution in India’s metros and the worrisome spread of respiratory ailments than it gave to coverage of developments in Pakistan. [News Source]

State, NYC Crack Down On East Harlem Air Pollution (WCBS-TV New York) Officials are ticketing smoky trucks and belching boilers for polluting the air in an East Harlem neighborhood with high asthma rates and heavy truck traffic. [News Source]

Lawmakers worry tolls will increase I-81 traffic (The Sentinel) Cumberland County state lawmakers say they are concerned that a plan to toll Interstate 80 might divert more tractor-trailers to Interstate 81 and exacerbate the highway’s already troublesome traffic and air pollution problems. [News Source]

Coal Creates Legacy for China’s Past, Future (Environmental News Network) Acid rain and air pollution, mainly from the burning of coal, have contributed to the degradation of more than 80 percent of China’s 33 designated World Heritage sites, according to the Associated Press. Across the nation, particulates from smokestacks have stained historic structures and statues black, including the 17-meter Leshan Giant Buddha, a sandstone landmark that has stood in Sichuan ... [News Source]

China the Focus in Clean Cars Race (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A Chinese woman wears a mask at a market in Beijing, China, Thursday Nov. 15, 2007. The environmental concerns extend to next summer's Beijing Olympics, with the International Olympic Committee and others voicing concern about the city's notoriously bad air pollution. [News Source]

China the focus in clean cars race (The Bellingham Herald) A Chinese woman wears a mask at a market in Beijing, China, Thursday Nov. 15, 2007. The environmental concerns extend to next summer's Beijing Olympics, with the International Olympic Committee and others voicing concern about the city's notoriously bad air pollution. [News Source]

Lawmakers worry I-80 tolls will increase I-81 traffic (The Sentinel) Cumberland County state lawmakers say they are concerned that a plan to toll Interstate 80 might divert more tractor-trailers to Interstate 81 and exacerbate the highway’s already troublesome traffic and air pollution problems. [News Source]