Program helps ‘Mow Down’ pollution by exchanging lawnmowers (Redlands Daily Facts) Looking for a way to help curb air pollution? [News Source]

Compromise Preserves Board’s Permitting Clout (Washington Post) After weeks of intensive lobbying and negotiations, environmentalists and industry officials have hammered out a compromise on a bill that would have stripped permitting power from the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. [News Source]

Arctic Pollution’s Surprising History: Explorers Saw Particulate Haze In Late 1800s (Science Daily) Scientists know that air pollution particles from mid-latitude cities migrate to the Arctic and form an ugly haze, but a new study finds surprising evidence that polar explorers saw the same phenomenon as early as 1870. [News Source]

Air pollution panel takes over utility’s southwest Va. permit (WDBJ 7 Roanoke) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state Air Pollution Control Board is stepping into the controversy over a coal-burning power plant that Dominion Virginia Power wants to build in southwest Virginia. [News Source]

Air pollution panel takes over utility’s southwest Va. permit (WAVY 10) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state Air Pollution Control Board is stepping into the controversy over a coal-burning power plant that Dominion Virginia Power wants to build in southwest Virginia. [News Source]

Air pollution panel takes over utility’s southwest Va. permit (WRIC 8 News Richmond) Associated Press - March 21, 2008 8:35 AM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state Air Pollution Control Board is stepping into the controversy over a coal-burning power plant that Dominion Virginia... [News Source]

Dairyland Power Co-op air permit hearing planned for Tuesday (La Crosse Tribune) STODDARD, Wis. — New air pollution control equipment for Dairyland Power Cooperative’s coal-burning plant in Genoa, Wis., will get a public hearing Tuesday in Stoddard. [News Source]

Plan to cut toxic reports blasted (Detroit News) Democratic lawmakers are questioning a Bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste. [News Source]

BASF, Dow fined for air pollution (The Facts) AUSTIN — State environmental officials announced Wednesday the Freeport plants operated by the BASF Corporation and the Dow Chemical Co. will be fined for violating environmental air quality regulations. [News Source]

Air Pollution Control Board To Decide Fate Of Proposed Power Plant (Bristol Herald Courier) The State Corporation Commission also must approve a construction permit for the facility and that decision could come in mid-April. It was not known Thursday night when the air board could make a decision on the pollution permit. kstill@bristolnews.com | (276) 679-1338 [News Source]