Consultant Questions Beijing’s Claim of Cleaner Air (MSNBC) A new study has cast doubts about whether air quality has truly improved in Beijing and has concluded that "irregularities" in the city’s system of measuring air pollution have enabled the city to meet environmental targets linked to the coming Olympic Games. [News Source]

Global warming will hit state hard (The Daily Democrat) Hundreds more people in the United States will die each year from air pollution as temperatures increase from carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, according to a new Stanford University study. [News Source]

Where the candidates stand on the environment and energy (Sun-Sentinel) ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY Air pollution , which many scientists believe leads to global warming, has become a growing concern. All sides want to boost domestic energy sources to curb fuel prices and avoid dependence on foreign products from unstable parts of the world. [News Source]

Clean-air agency aims to curb air pollution around five ports (Vallejo Times-Herald) A CARGO ship is docked at the Port of Richmond, one of five ports where the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing new rules to reduce emissions and reign in air pollution. The other ports are in Benicia, Oakland, Redwood City and San Francisco. [News Source]

Fresno State project may face air fine (The Fresno Bee) Air pollution regulators are threatening fines of $75,000 per day against California State University, Fresno, over its much-debated Campus Pointe development. [News Source]