Dust from China routinely appears in U.S. (EARTHtimes.org) A U.S. researcher says dust from deserts in China and Mongolia is adding to the mix of air pollution in the United States. Emily Fischer, a University of Washington doctoral student in atmospheric sciences, said dust from the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts i... [News Source]

Dust from China routinely appears in U.S. (Moldova.org) A U.S. researcher says dust from deserts in China and Mongolia is adding to the mix of air pollution in the United States.Emily Fischer, a University of Washington doctoral student in atmospheric sciences, said dust from the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts is routinely present in the air over the western United States during spring months.We are interested in Asian dust that comes across the Pacific ... [News Source]

Dust from China routinely appears in U.S. (UPI) A U.S. researcher says dust from deserts in China and Mongolia is adding to the mix of air pollution in the United States. [News Source]

Global giants on pollution blacklist (China Economic Net) Forty multinationals are among some 4,000 firms on an air pollution blacklist released Thursday. [News Source]

Global giants on pollution blacklist (China Daily) Forty multinationals are among some 4,000 firms on an air pollution blacklist released Thursday. [News Source]

Foreign ozone emissions lower U.S. air quality (PhysOrg) When it comes to environmental impacts, no nation is an island. A recent study from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that up to 15 percent of U.S. air pollution comes from Asian and European sources. [News Source]

Emissions Technology, Inc. Featured in California Pollution-Busting Showcase (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) PHOENIX----Emissions Technology, Inc. , a diesel emissions technology company has been granted a coveted position to participate in the California Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee Showcase. [News Source]

Poor air quality prompts Spare the Air alert (San Francisco Chronicle) (12-13) 11:22 PST SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area air quality officials have declared tonight a Spare the Air night and are asking people to cut back on driving and not to burn wood in fireplaces and woodstoves. Air pollution on still winter nights consists mainly... [News Source]

Tiny dust particles from Asian deserts common over western United States (Environmental News Network) Seattle, Washington - It has been a decade since University of Washington scientists first pinpointed specific instances of air pollution, including Gobi Desert dust, traversing the Pacific Ocean and adding to the mix of atmospheric pollution already present along the West Coast of North America. Now a UW researcher is finding that dust from the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts in China and ... [News Source]

California’s emission-control law upheld on 1st test in U.S. court (San Francisco Chronicle) California's first-in-the-nation effort to limit cars' emissions of gases that contribute to global warming took a big step forward Wednesday when a federal judge upheld the state's right to control air pollution and dismissed a challenge by the auto... [News Source]

TurboSonic Announces New Chairman (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a leading provider of air pollution control technologies, today announced the appointment of Andrew Meikle, as Chairman of the Board of TurboSonic Technologies, Inc., replacing Edward Spink, who will remain a director and CEO. [News Source]