Grand County loses land, water as traditions fade. Family ranching in the Rockies may be nearing the end of its line. Ask any rancher how they hold out, and the answer is supplemental income — second jobs or lease of land. [News Source]

Glenwood Springs City Council wants a health impact statement from BLM. Glenwood Springs joined a handful of regional governments in asking the Bureau of Land Management to carefully study the health impacts of oil and gas drilling. [News Source]

Critics say monitors sniffing Denver air don’t make us safe. Every night and day, monitors placed on rooftops across Denver, CO are sniffing the air for biological weapons, including anthrax, the plague and smallpox. [News Source]

EPA says La. air meets particulate standard. The EPA announced this week that the entire state of Louisiana meets the federal standard for fine particulate matter — an air pollution that can cause lung problems. [News Source]

DeSoto meeting pollution standard. DeSoto, along with Mississippi's other 81 counties, meets new stricter federal standards for a specific type of air pollution, according to a statement released Thursday by Gov. Haley Barbour. [News Source]

Cancer rates high near Behr Dayton thermal plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, Aug. 21, reassured residents living near the Behr Dayton Thermal Plant that the work needed to clean up contaminated groundwater will continue until the problem is solved. [News Source]

Small crowd brings big questions to EPA. A crowd of about 90 people from across Butler County had one general question in mind to pose the Ohio EPA on the proposed coke oven facility: What about our health? [News Source]

Official: no proof of air pollution in county. The federal government has accused five Midwest states of violating tougher air pollution regulations, and Michigan's Livingston County was cited this week as one of those places whose air isn't as clean as it should be. [News Source]

Michigan makes air pollutant list. Federal officials said nine Michigan counties -- including seven in the southeastern region -- are violating new air pollution standards for soot particles linked with respiratory and other health problems. [News Source]

Officials say air quality improved. Violations of federal air pollution rules in Southeast Michigan, announced Tuesday by the EPA, resulted from new, stricter federal standards, not new air quality problems, officials said. [News Source]

A free and green way to get around. Tim Ireland and his brother Chris are proud to show off their "Green Go" cars in Florida that are a battery-operated vehicle, are environmental, and provide free rides for the public. [News Source]