Thai boxing team flies to Beijing Aug 5 (Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news) The Thai boxing team will arrive in Beijing on August 5, just four days before the competition starts, for fear that their fighters could be affected by air pollution. [News Source]

Beijing is ready to stage Olympics, says IOC (Times Online) Olympic inspectors said yesterday that Beijing “looked ready” for the Games next month despite lingering concerns about restrictions on foreign journalists and air pollution. [News Source]

Air quality poor on Tuesday, Wednesday (Portsmouth Herald) CONCORD – Air pollution concentrations are expected to reach unhealthy levels in Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, and Rockingham Counties, as well as elevations above 3000 feet, on Tuesday, July 8, and Wednesday, July 9. [News Source]

Coloradans breathe easier. It's been two years since Colorado's public establishments went smoke-free, and most people have been breathing easier ever since. [News Source]

Feeling the burn. The combination of wildfire smoke and a heat wave, which forecasters predict will bring temperatures as high as 108 degrees to Stockton this week, has prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to activate California's plan for excessive heat emergencies. [News Source]

Seemingly on cue, Healthy Air program debuts. Buy a scooter. Skip the drive-through. Walk your kids to school. [News Source]

Where you can see the air you breathe. The fireworks might be over, but the dust from the Fourth of July has yet to settle. [News Source]

Bye-bye burn barrel. Southern Idaho Solid Waste, the cooperative owned by seven south-central Idaho counties, will no longer accept waste in burn barrels on Monday. The decision is largely meant to reduce the fire risk to the company's stations and equipment, said Robin Baumgartner, public education coordinator. [News Source]

Brown County air poses health risk, study says. The quality of drinking water in Brown County is good, but the air quality is not. [News Source]

Truckers warn of EU roads ’stealth tax.’ European Union plans for new environmental road tolls on top of soaring fuel and food prices are a "stealth tax" on truckers, shops and shoppers, the haulage industry has warned. [News Source]

Residents are encouraged to join the city’s growing ‘walkolution.’ Brantford's efforts to encourage more people to walk are creating a healthy, efficient and sustainable community. [News Source]