Landscape your yard to save energy (Carroll County Online) Locating trees and shrubs around your home properly will help to reduce your need for fuel to heat and cool. How much energy is saved depends on your choice of plants ad where you locate them. [News Source]

Federal judge lets fight over auto emission standards go forward (The Providence Journal) Rhode Island is among more than a dozen states whose standards are stricter than those of the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

Federal judge lets fight over auto emission standards go forward (The Providence Journal) PROVIDENCE — A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to prevent Rhode Island from setting its own standards for carbon dioxide pollution from automobiles can go forward. [News Source]

Mercury in ponds tied to air pollution (Provincetown Banner) New scientific evidence to bolster the unflattering perception of the Cape spit as the “tailpipe of North America” came to light in a recent study of five ponds in Truro and Wellfleet. [News Source]

Beijing ‘meets pollution target’ (BBC News) Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say. [News Source]

Beijing ‘meets pollution target’ (BBC News) Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say. [News Source]