Many Public Schools In ‘Air Pollution Danger Zone’ (WCPO Cincinnati) UC researchers have found that more than 30 percent of American public schools are within 400 meters, or a quarter mile, of major highways that consistently serve as main truck... [News Source]

Fossil fuels aren’t our only option. Energy, as a scientist might put into layman's terms, is the ability to make something happen - from something as simple as turning on the lights in a room to driving a car to melting steel. [News Source]

City development in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Increased urbanization and environment pollution are major problems faced by the population of Colombo. [News Source]

Climate change is a burning issue. There's no longer any point in denying the reality of climate change, which has now burned its way to the doorsteps of many Californians. [News Source]

Doctors more concerned than ever about harmful air pollution. On the heels of the release of the CAN Medical Association's report, No Breathing Room, the National Illness Costs of Air Pollution, Ontario's physicians are more concerned than ever about the negative impact that air pollution is having on the health of patients. [News Source]

California Clean and Renewable Fuels Act would accelerate use of renewable energy. Hang onto your wallet. Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is spending a fortune on Proposition 10. His initiative would cost California taxpayers $10 billion. [News Source]

The sky isn’t falling. Scary stories about harm of air pollution don't get big play for a reason: No one believes them. [News Source]

Tracking pollution. A federal appeals court has rightly swatted down the EPA's effort to prevent state and local governments from getting tough with industrial polluters. That's the good news. [News Source]

Leaders call for action on ozone from business community. A concerted effort from the business community is the Treasure Valley’s last hope to avoid far-reaching regulations to counteract unacceptable levels of ozone in the air, state and local officials say. [News Source]

Sullivan county has ‘decent year’ with ozone levels. Sullivan County, TN has had a “pretty decent year” with ozone levels, and according to one local official, the county has only exceeded proposed federal air quality standards three times this summer. [News Source]

The roar of silence. Some farmers see a tractor as they are. Others see tractors as they wish them to be. In the blue, brackish diesel exhaust of a 1970s-era row crop Hefty-G, Laura Frerichs and Adam Cullip heard silence and made it so. Their diesel tractor was reborn electric. [News Source]