Missed Opportunity to Reduce Vehicle Emissions (Scoop.co.nz) INDEPENDENT MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION INC. (IMVDA) The motor vehicle industry is extremely disappointed that the government has missed a golden opportunity to seriously deal with vehicle emissions and has instead proceeded with a policy that it knows will increase the cost of vehicles, drive up the average age of the fleet, worsen air pollution and potentially cost lives. [News Source]

Tracing air pollution by various means (KGET 17 Bakersfield) There could be a new way to trace and reduce sources of air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley. [News Source]

More News (Daily Bulletin) CLAREMONT - The region's air pollution control agency opposes the proposed affordable housing project on Base Line Road. [News Source]

Are you living in an air pollution hotspot? (Independent Online) The report is out and several areas around South Africa have gained the dubious distiction as amoung the most polluted in the country. [News Source]

Govt declares Highveld regions air-pollution hot spots (Mail and Guardian) The Highveld regions of eastern Gauteng and western Mpumalanga, including towns such as Witbank, Standerton, Boksburg and Benoni, among others, have been declared air-pollution hot spots. [News Source]

Govt declares Highveld regions air-pollution hot spots (Mail and Guardian) The Highveld regions of eastern Gauteng and western Mpumalanga, including towns such as Witbank, Standerton, Boksburg and Benoni, among others, have been declared air-pollution hot spots. [News Source]

More News (Daily Bulletin) CLAREMONT - The region's air pollution control agency opposes the proposed affordable housing project on Base Line Road. [News Source]

NORTH SEA SECA IN OPERATION (Maritime Global Net) FROM last Thursday ships operating in the North Sea must demonstrate compliance with a 1.5% cap on the sulphur content of bunkers within the North Sea SOx Emission Control Area (SECA), one year after the entry into force of related amendments to Annex VI - Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships - of the MARPOL Convention. [News Source]

More News (Daily Bulletin) CLAREMONT - The region's air pollution control agency opposes the proposed affordable housing project on Base Line Road. [News Source]

Air pollution warnings now available to cell phones (ABC 15 Phoenix) Residents in the Phoenix metro area can now get warnings about highly polluted air in text messages on their cell phones. Officials say the alerts will warn those with respiratory problems about air quality and help parents and school officials make decisions about outdoor activities for children. [News Source]

BP Broke Law to Get Texas Refinery’s Air Permit, Lawyers Say (Bloomberg.com) Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc violated Texas's ``revolving door'' law in 2003 by hiring a state environmental engineer to work on the same air pollution permit he'd supervised as a regulator, lawyers suing the company claim. [News Source]