Sierra Club, North Carolina Join Forces To Curb Air Pollution (WXII-TV Winston-Salem) North Carolina has joined with the Sierra Club in court to get a decision quickly that could force 13 states to curb air pollution that wafts into the state. [News Source]

Heavy Air Pollution Overwhelms One Third of Olympic Road Race Cyclists (The Epoch Times) Cyclists in the Olympic road race event battled the Beijing heat, humidity, and smog until more than a third of them had had enough and called it quits. [News Source]

NC, Sierra Club join forces on air pollution case (WAVY 10) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has joined with the Sierra Club in court to get a decision quickly that could force 13 states to curb air pollution that wafts into the state. [News Source]

Can we survive climate change in Uganda? The delegate argued that since over 80 per cent of air pollution is produced by developed countries there is no need for developing countries to worry about climate change! [News Source]

Freewheelin: route to better health. At the end of August, the Freewheelin bike-sharing program will go to Denver for the Democratic national convention. A thousand bikes will be available -- free -- at seven locations downtown. [News Source]

City-owned power plant carries polluted price tag. New environmental figures could help settle a vexing debate, which has pitted environmentalists, Bayview activists and energy corporations against public power champions and real estate interests, over how best to burn fossil fuels. [News Source]

Residents up in arms over UDOT cement plant. Utah homeowners there say UDOT has completely disregarded the possible health effects of air pollution produced by the cement plant. [News Source]

Photo exhibit reveals how plastic bags haunt desert. A Green Valley couple has begun a grass-roots movement to dig Tucson out of a mountain of plastic bags. [News Source]

Don Davis Auto World goes eco-friendly on car paint. Your car may still slurp up gasoline, but it can be one step closer to “going green” after a trip to a local auto body shop. [News Source]

Using less fuel taken seriously by Ventura. When Ventura unveiled its Green Initiative last year, the city pledged eco-friendly goals to slash its gas and diesel fuel use by 5 percent this year and 10 percent by June 2010. [News Source]

Watch where you’re walkin’. Just how easy is it to hoof it in your 'hood? A Seattle software company created a site indicating whether a neighborhood offers residents enough amenities to get out of their cars. They hope people will consider the site's "walkability" scores when choosing a place to live. [News Source]