BP Engineer Says Firm Lied for Permit Before Blast (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- An engineer at BP Plc's Texas City, Texas, refinery testified that the company lied on an air pollution permit application covering a unit of the plant that exploded in 2005, killing 15 people and injuring hundreds. [News Source]

Guangdong, HK closing in on clean air targets (China Daily) GUANGZHOU: Environmental protection officials in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and neighboring Guangdong Province said on Monday they are confident of achieving their targets to reduce air pollution by 55 percent from 1997 levels within the next three years. [News Source]

Beijing organizers provide air pollution findings to IOC (USA Today) The IOC will study recent air quality tests to assess the risks posed by pollution for athletes at next year's Beijing Olympics. [News Source]

Pollution sparks Beijing rethink (BBC News) The International Olympic Committee will reschedule events at the 2008 Beijing Games if air pollution is a threat to athletes. [News Source]

Beijing organizers provide their air pollution findings to IOC (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Beijing organizers provided the IOC with results of recent air quality tests to help gauge how pollution will affect Olympic athletes. [News Source]

Beijing organizers provide air pollution findings to IOC (The Globe and Mail) Data to be used to assess the possible risks and form part of contingency plans for the 2008 Olympics [News Source]

Memphis cites DeSoto Co. for smog (The Clarion-Ledger) The mayor of Shelby County says drifting smog from the fast-growing Mississippi county to the south is hurting a regional effort to reduce air pollution. [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]

Mepa wonders how Brussels reached Lija air pollution conclusions (Times of Malta) Mepa is seeking advice to see whether any legal action can be taken against Blockrete because of dust that spews into the air from its plant in Lija. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier. [News Source]

Station owners would pass along costs (Arizona Daily Star) In an effort to reduce air pollution, Pima County may require gas stations to install equipment that traps gasoline vapors. [News Source]

Station owners would pass along costs (Arizona Daily Star) In an effort to reduce air pollution, Pima County may require gas stations to install equipment that traps gasoline vapors. [News Source]