THIS SITE (Gotham Gazette) (More from theCityCouncil’s hearing on congestion pricing.) While experts debate how much a congestion fee would cut traffic and air pollution, one thing does seem certain: It will boost EZ-Pass usage. [News Source]

NASA to Host Media Day During Arctic Airborne Campaign in Alaska (NASA) NASA will host a media day in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Monday, April 14, to provide reporters with a behind-the-scenes view of the largest airborne experiment ever conducted to study the impact of air pollution on the Arctic's atmospheric chemistry and changing climate. [News Source]

More News (Daily Breeze) EMISSIONS: Commission approves details of plan to help reduce air pollution. [News Source]

Black carbon pollution is a major contributor to global warming (New Kerala) Washington, March 24 : A new research by scientists has suggested that black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates. [News Source]

Study: Higher Gas Prices Save Lives (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) We're all tired of rising gas prices, but they may lead to significant reductions in deaths due to vehicle crashes and air pollution, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Black Carbon Pollution Emerges As Major Player In Global Warming (PollutionOnline) Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to scientists in an upcoming review article in the journal Nature Geoscience [News Source]

Black carbon pollution emerges as major player in global warming (Environmental News Network) Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to scientists in an upcoming review article in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego atmospheric scientist V. ... [News Source]

Basin Electric working on emissions capture projects (Prairie Public Broadcasting) BISMARCK, ND (2008-03-24) Basin Electric Power Cooperative is moving ahead with two major projects to cut down on air pollution -- and to capture carbon dioxide. [News Source]

Kabul air perilous to health (OneWorld South Asia) Kabul: Worsening air pollution in Kabul is “seriously” threatening the health and well-being of its estimated three million residents, Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) has said. [News Source]

UC San Diego Chemists Find Important Contributor To Smog (Medical News Today)

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a chemical reaction in the atmosphere above major cities long assumed to be unimportant in urban air pollution is in fact a significant contributor to urban ozone - the main component of smog.

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