Air pollution shrouds Beijing on eve of Olympics (AccessNorthGA) BEIJING -- The wall of gray haze around the National Stadium and across the city cut visibility down to a mile. [News Source]

Scientists Will Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts (Newswise) Flying downwind from Chinese mainland, unmanned aerial vehicles will measure emissions of soot and other forms of black carbon during China's 'great shutdown'. [News Source]

Air pollution shrouds Beijing on eve of Olympics (KXXV Waco) Associated Press - August 7, 2008 12:23 PM ET BEIJING (AP) - A day before the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics, China's capital is enveloped in a wall of gray haze that has cut... [News Source]

Air pollution coulds Beijing before opening ceremonies (The Oshkosh Northwestern) BEIJING The wall of gray haze around the National Stadium and across the city cut visibility down to a mile. On the eve of opening ceremonies, Beijings polluted air took center stage Thursday as the most visibly pressing problem for Olympic organizers who had promised to clean up the Chinese capital. [News Source]

Air pollution still shrouds Beijing (The New Zealand Herald) BEIJING As tonight's Olympic opening ceremony approaches, Beijing's polluted air remains centre stage. [News Source]

Air pollution still shrouds Beijing (The New Zealand Herald) BEIJING As tonight's Olympic opening ceremony approaches, Beijing's polluted air remains centre stage. [News Source]

No quick fix to Beijing’s pollution. For all the fuss about the measures that Beijing is taking to clear its smog, the reality is that the blueness of the skies during the 2008 Olympic Games will have very little to do with Beijing's Potemkin village-style pollution control efforts. [News Source]

Chinese plan to blitz Beijing sky with chemical shells to keep smog at bay. Never before has weather manipulation been used in an attempt to control the conditions at an Opening Ceremony but, the Chinese say, there will never have been a Games quite like Beijing. [News Source]

Illegal quarries are still operating in Greece. The Council of State ruled that the Latomeia Markopoulou and Stavrou Latomeia quarries should cease operations because they were damaging the local environment and residents' health. [News Source]

Wolverine venture may face one more hurdle. The Wolverine Clean Energy Venture in Rogers City could face one more small hurdle from the Presque Isle County Planning Commission, one many believe has no factual basis or need. [News Source]

Alton to host town hall meeting on global warming. The first Metro East city to sign a climate protection agreement is second on the list in a series of Illinois town hall meetings about climate change. [News Source]