Coachella Residents Can ‘Mow Down Air Pollution’ (CBS 2 Los Angeles) Coachella Valley residents can now register for the annual "Mow Down Air Pollution" program that encourages residents to exchange a gasoline-powered mowers for $100 zero-emission electric models. [News Source]

Study on indoor air pollution coincides with smoking debate (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) Associated Press - March 18, 2008 5:44 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control is releasing a new study today - just in time for a Statehouse debate... [News Source]

Beijing shrouded in dust as sandstorm besieges capital (AFP via Yahoo! News) Air pollution in Beijing reached its highest level on Tuesday as a sandstorm from the north shrouded the capital in dust, choking pedestrians and delaying flights, the government and reports said. [News Source]

U.S. Steel Agrees To Fix Air Pollution (Manufacturing.net) Pittsburgh-based steel maker has agreed to pay a penalty of $301,800 for past violations and will reduce emissions at two steel plants. [News Source]

Air pollution in Bayview Hunters Point (San Francisco Bay View) by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. "I would not be adverse to saying the environment is a smoking gun. Certainly there's evidence air pollution makes asthma and heart failure worse." [News Source]