Auto emissions in state increase 20% (Connecticut Post) A coalition of environmentalists warned Wednesday that Connecticut will miss its lofty goal of cutting air pollution to 1990 levels by the end of this decade, largely because of driving habits. [News Source]

Ash landfill proposal dominates hearing (Vernon County Broadcaster) Citizens turned a public hearing about air pollution into one about landfills, Tuesday, in Stoddard. [News Source]

Air quality issues could impact town’s decision on CATS bus (Mooresville Tribune) Losing the 83X Express bus from Mooresville to Charlotte could make it difficult for the region to lower its air pollution to federally-mandated levels by 2010, says an environmental official. [News Source]

Power plant project officially under way (The Charlotte Observer) Duke Energy formally broke ground Tuesday on the $1.8 billion expansion of its Cliffside Steam Station in Rutherford County, 50 miles west of Charlotte. Construction to add an 800-megawatt boiler actually began soon after the N.C. air-quality agency granted Duke a permit on Jan. 29. Four old units at the plant will be retired. A fifth one will be fitted with new air-pollution controls when the ... [News Source]

Drilling plan exceeds new ozone rule (Casper Star-Tribune) LANDER -- The Bureau of Land Management's preferred plan for new natural gas drilling in the Pinedale Anticline would create more air pollution than would be allowed by recently announced federal air quality standards, according to the BLM's own projections. [News Source]

Drilling plan exceeds new ozone rule (Casper Star-Tribune) LANDER -- The Bureau of Land Management's preferred plan for new natural gas drilling in the Pinedale Anticline would create more air pollution than would be allowed by recently announced federal air quality standards, according to the BLM's own projections. [News Source]

Residents air concerns at permit hearing; Dairyland says it faces tough choices (La Crosse Tribune) STODDARD, Wis. — Citizens tried to turn a public hearing about air pollution into one about landfills Tuesday. [News Source]

Residents air concerns at permit hearing; Dairyland says it faces tough choices (La Crosse Tribune) STODDARD, Wis. — Citizens tried to turn a public hearing about air pollution into one about landfills Tuesday. [News Source]

State to look into pollution concerns from Northwood Hills residents (The State) State regulators will investigate questions about water and air pollution near a north Columbia neighborhood that backs up to an industrial area off I-20. Residents of the Northwood Hills community say they’ve been trying for two years to get answers from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, the city of Columbia and Richland County. At a meeting Tuesday night, DHEC officials ... [News Source]