EPA orders Colorado to review gas field controls (Summit Daily News) DENVER An environmental group seeking stricter air-pollution controls on Colorado's growing natural gas industry is praising a federal order it hopes will "ripple through the Rocky Mountain West." [News Source]

Satellite Data To Deliver ‘State-of-the-art’ Air Quality Information In Europe (Science Daily) The European Environment Agency has finalized an agreement with an ESA-led consortium to provide unparalleled information on air pollution, which contributes to the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of Europeans annually. The service includes data on ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (the sum of all particles suspended in air, including dust, smoke, pollen, etc.). Exposure ... [News Source]

TurboSonic Announces WESP Order for the Oil & Gas Industry (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) TurboSonic Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of industrial air pollution control technologies, today announced receipt of an order for a SonicKleen(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator from a US contractor valued at approximately US$1 million. [News Source]

Bill seeks shift from bunker fuel (The Garden Island) In a companion measure to Senate Bill 2526, which relates to air pollution control for cruise ships in Nawiliwili Harbor, House Bill 2919 is scheduled for decision making today. [News Source]

Electric two-wheelers in Kerala (New Kerala) By Juhan Samuel, Kochi, Feb 12 : With the entry of high power electric scooters, Kerala is hopeful of reducing the air pollution-causing emissions by automobiles. [News Source]

Danbury High students finish second in world affairs contest (The News-Times) What's the biggest problem with China hosting the Olympics?Their air pollution.Who's the former world leader helping in peace talks in Kenya?Kofi Annan.Those were some questions Danbury High students got right on their way to earning a second-place finish in a regional world affairs competition. [News Source]

Air Pollution ‘Perfect Storm’ Survey Of Top 10 Ports Urges Action At National Level (PollutionOnline) U.S. ports are among the biggest sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in their cities, and progress toward reducing harmful emissions has been slow, according to a new research study conducted by Energy Futures, Inc. [News Source]

Westchester environmental groups favor trains as part of new Tappan Zee Bridge (The Journal News) A coalition of 61 Westchester environmental groups says that the best way to neutralize suburban sprawl and reduce air pollution is to run commuter trains between Suffern and Port Chester over a new Tappan Zee Bridge. [News Source]

Smoggy situation (Bradenton Herald) With the Olympics six months away, air pollution is taking some luster off the glistening venues and the meticulous planning aimed at controlling every facet of the Beijing Games. [News Source]

Onorato: Pollution control chief wasn’t forced out (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato said the county's air pollution control program is broken and needs to be fixed but denied that its longtime chief, Roger Westman, was forced out. Mr. ... [News Source]