Utah Sierra Club challenges permit (The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah chapter of the Sierra Club is appealing an air-pollution permit state regulators approved four years ago for the Sevier Power Plant in Sigurd. [News Source]

Olympic facts (Richmond Times-Dispatch) six months to go Facts When : Aug. 8-24 What : 31 sports, 200 nations, 10,000 athletes Key issues sure to swirl: Beijing's air pollution's effects on competitions; emergence of China as global economic, political and sports power; can U.S. men's basketball team regain world prominence after dropping to third and a bronze medal in 2004 in Athens? [News Source]