Olympics may alert U.S. to China’s rising status, analysts say. No one can publicly measure Chinese rulers’ support, but a recent survey conducted for the Pew Research Center showed that 86 percent of Chinese are satisfied with their country’s direction, far ahead of people in any other country. [News Source]

Beijing not ruling out permanent car use limits. Olympic host city Beijing has not ruled out making controversial car use limits permanent, citing the benefits for the environment, state media reported Sunday. [News Source]

Clean-air measures to remain after Games. Some temporary measures brought in to tackle pollution in Beijing during the Olympic Games are set to become permanent, in a bid to address continuing environmental challenges, despite the recent improvement in air quality, an official said Saturday. [News Source]

Green car goes without gas. Franklin, Tennessee wants to become one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the nation. According to task force members, the wheels are already in motion. [News Source]

Park City hopes to shrink footprint. The smog from this city's annual municipal carbon emissions would cover the width and length of a football field and would reach 6,300 feet into the air, according to a carbon footprint report presented to the City Council Thursday. [News Source]

Lawmakers aim to cut global warming by limiting sprawl. In what many observers are calling the most significant environmental bill of this year's state legislative session, builders and environmentalists have found a compromise they hope will limit global warming by changing where homes are built. [News Source]

Pick up speed of green energy. What do chronic air pollution, skyrocketing home energy costs, painful gas prices and worsening global warming have in common? The answer: America's addiction to fossil fuels. [News Source]

Climate change is a burning issue. Just in case anyone missed one of the key points of this summer's still simmering siege of California wildfires, it is this: Climate change is here, it's real and it is time to stop quarreling about the causes and get on with doing something about it. [News Source]

State, local Democrats lead progress against climate change. In Washington state and Snohomish County, our Democratic leaders are seizing the initiative to make changes now to improve our future and the futures of our children. [News Source]

Through the past, darkly: 1978. The cloud that had been growing since 1970 still hung over Detroit that year, and apparently Detroit still hadn’t noticed it. [News Source]

Breath of fresh air. Your view of the Grand Canyon will be clearer, and the air you breathe will be cleaner, thanks to a settlement between Salt River Project in AZ and the federal government. [News Source]