Judge tosses a Bush Administration air quality rule widely accepted. In the annals of Bush Administration environmental policy the Clean Air Interstate Rule would have been a rare highlight. [News Source]

Clean air’s payoff may be death to some Valley farms. Farmers feel the processes, tools and traditional practices involved in agricultural production have become so complicated, unrealistic and misdirected that nobody can deal with them in California. [News Source]

Heavy rains complicate Calif. firefighting efforts. A huge mudslide in an area that was devastated by wildfires last year damaged about 50 homes and caused the temporary closure of a main road in the California town of Independence on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. [News Source]

Report touts Maine-fed pellet heat. One in 10 homes and small businesses in Maine could be heated with wood pellets manufactured locally from trees grown in the state, according to the initial findings of a special study group. [News Source]

A breath of fresh water. EPA takes aim at pollution caused by recreational boats. [News Source]

New rules proposed to curb motorboat emissions. The Bush administration is considering several environmental rules, policies, orders and other actions as its days in office dwindle to a precious few. Included in the possibilities is a controversial EPA rule that would regulate marine and other small-engine emissions. [News Source]

Polluting brick kilns likely to keep on keepin’ on. Brick kilns in the province destroy the environment, damage farm productivity and the health of local Vietnamese. [News Source]

Eco-strokes for green folks. Consumers are now breathing easier with paints that have low or no volatile organic compounds. [News Source]

Toquop comments under study. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection is still sifting its way through comments received on the Toquop Energy Project and it may be several months before it makes a decision on the facility's permit. [News Source]

Enforcement of emission regulation urged. Vehicles were responsible for 45 per cent of environmental pollution, Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PEPA) Director-General Asif Shuja Khan said at a workshop on air quality and global warming organised by the NED University of Engineering and Technology. [News Source]

The poison infecting China. Yiyi Lu: China is now paying a heavy environmental price for its economic growth. [News Source]