New legislation from Quebec helps opponents of dump site SLAPP back. A Quebec couple on the receiving end of a SLAPP is finally smiling. [News Source]

Turning garbage into gold. Niagara's biggest landfill has a massive case of indigestion. Like an enormous stomach, the Niagara Waste Systems landfill reluctantly digests a diet of rotting veggies, rusty metals, plentiful plastic and chemical soup. [News Source]

Fertile ground: The price of pork. Criticized for polluting waterways, spewing odours and raising animals in factory-like conditions, beleaguered hog farms are also hemorrhaging money. [News Source]

Meteorologist part of Canada’s Olympic team. Few will be watching the air quality and climate conditions more closely than Doug Charko, who never imagined he would be on the Canadian Olympic team. [News Source]

Air pollution worsens after controls kick in. Beijing's air pollution index rose steadily this week at the same time the city has tried to cut traffic volume in half. Readings Thursday and Friday were over 100 and considered unhealthy for children, seniors and those with allergies or asthma. [News Source]

What more will it take to clean up Beijing? As the Summer Games loom closer, it's unclear whether China's much-vaunted promise to supply clean air both to Olympic visitors and to the 15 million citizens of the often-hazy host city has been achieved. [News Source]

Beijing smog persists with Games just around corner. Beijing was swathed in smog on Friday just two weeks ahead of the Olympics as its notorious pollution defied aggressive steps aimed at clearing the air for next month's Games. [News Source]

Beijing promises air quality during Games. An environment official on Saturday pledged to maintain Beijing's air quality "on good or moderate levels" during the Olympic Games, denying a recent haze over the city was caused by pollution. [News Source]

Beijing makes progress in air pollution control: UNEP. China is making progress in controlling air pollution in the capital city, Beijing, where the Olympic Games will begin next month, a senior official of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) told Xinhua on Friday. [News Source]

Beijing says thickening haze looks worse than it really is. The haze that stubbornly cloaks China's capital in the run-up to the Summer Olympics looks worse than it really is, two senior officials asserted Saturday. [News Source]

Trash crisis in Naples draws mixed opinions. In December, thousands of tons of rubbish collected on the streets after Italian trash haulers stopped collecting garbage, saying local dump sites had no more room and in an attempt to tackle the problem themselves, residents often set the reeking refuse on fire. [News Source]