… as bank eyes tricycle project in Tagum City (Mindanao Times) THE PLAN of the Tagum City government to help its tricycle industry replace those tricycles with two-stroke engines with four-stroke ones is being considered by the Development Bank of the Philippines because the project aims to minimize air pollution. [News Source]

Study: Roseville railyard poses cancer risk (The Sacramento Bee) Air pollution tests results released Wednesday confirm that residents living just downwind of the Roseville train yard face a sharply higher cancer risk from diesel exhaust than those living along nearby Interstate 80, a stretch traveled by an average 10,000 big rigs a day. [News Source]

Study: Roseville railyard poses cancer risk (The Sacramento Bee) Air pollution tests results released Wednesday confirm that residents living just downwind of the Roseville train yard face a sharply higher cancer risk from diesel exhaust than those living along nearby Interstate 80, a stretch traveled by an average 10,000 big rigs a day. [News Source]

Philippines jeepney under threat (Times of Malta) The traditional jeepney, the preferred mode of transport of millions in the Philippines, is under pressure to clean up its act. Electric jeepneys are being hailed by environmentalists as the way ahead in a country with a major air pollution problem. [News Source]

MP raises his voice over air traffic noise (Reading Chronicle) NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon is fighting flightpath changes likely to cause a major increase in air pollution and overnight noise over peaceful west Berkshire villages. [News Source]

MP raises his voice over air traffic noise (Reading Chronicle) NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon is fighting flightpath changes likely to cause a major increase in air pollution and overnight noise over peaceful west Berkshire villages. [News Source]

MP raises his voice over air traffic noise (Reading Chronicle) NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon is fighting flightpath changes likely to cause a major increase in air pollution and overnight noise over peaceful west Berkshire villages. [News Source]

Cuter Scooter Defined By Electricity, Portability (Science Daily) It's energy efficient, it's clean, compact and simple, and, above all, it's very cool. Motor scooters are a very popular form of transportation in Asian and European cities, Mitchell said, because they provide convenient, inexpensive transportation. But conventional scooters, using inefficient two-stroke gas engines, are also a source of local air pollution. The new design "was all about ... [News Source]

EPA’s SmartWay Partnership and Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative to Kick Off Campaign to Cut Air Pollution From Idling … (The Auto Channel) WHAT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership program and EPA Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative will launch their "Idle Free Quiet Zone Campaign" at a media event Nov. 28 in Detroit. [News Source]