Rice-powered Noguchi bids for back-to-back wins (The Star) TOKYO: Beijing’s air pollution, heat and humidity may combine with the notoriously hard surface of its streets to bother marathon runners at the Olympics. [News Source]

Court ruling casts doubt on air pollution measures (Louisville Courier-Journal) An unexpected ruling from a federal appeals court has raised questions about dozens of air pollution control measures at coal-fired power plants in Kentucky and Indiana. [News Source]

N.H. environmental officials warn of unhealthy air (Boston Globe) State environmental officials say air pollution will reach unhealthy levels in southern New Hampshire on Friday and are warning those most at risk to take care. [News Source]

N.H. environmental officials warn of unhealthy air (WCAX-TV Vermont) Associated Press - July 17, 2008 3:55 PM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - State environmental officials say air pollution will reach unhealthy levels in southern New Hampshire on Friday and are warning... [News Source]

Fresno-Yosemite airport going green. The original idea was to put just a few solar panels atop the roof of the planned rental car expansion but FYI is now home to the largest solar installation of any airport in the U.S. [News Source]

Up in smoke. San Luis’ clean-sky slogan of the 1990s—“Come up for air”—is facing a reality check, with higher-than-ever pollution levels around the county in recent weeks. [News Source]

Cutting TVA emissions would help other states, witness says. Counties in Tennessee, North Carolina and elsewhere would be helped in meeting tightening federal clean air regulations if TVA reduced pollutants rising from its smokestacks, an air emissions expert testified in federal court Wednesday. [News Source]

VW’s choice eases Chattanooga’s past auto snubs. When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers. [News Source]

Dairyland stays course on scrubbers despite ruling. A federal appellate court decision that has drastically changed future federal clean air emission requirements will apparently not stop Dairyland Power Cooperative from installing air scrubbers at its Genoa Power Plant. [News Source]

Hartsfield-Jackson fined $32K for dirty generators. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport paid the state $32,000 in fines for operating emergency power generators that spewed too much smog-forming gas into metro Atlanta's already polluted air. [News Source]

Environmentalists sue to halt Cliffside. A Chapel Hill-based environmental group wants a federal court to stop construction of Duke Energy Corp.'s Cliffside project, saying the utility needs to remove more mercury from the future plant's emissions and complies with the Clean Air Act. [News Source]