HK terminal on hold after deal with Beijing (Financial Times) The Hong Kong government yesterday backed away from approving a controversial natural gas terminal in an ecologically sensitive area, in what was seen as its first serious attempt to tackle air pollution in the territory in recent years. [News Source]

The states lead, again. Once again in the absence of leadership from the federal government and Bush administration on environmental issues, the states have had to step into the breach. [News Source]

Tougher laws needed to regulate hog farms. Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources is supposed to regulate large-scale animal feeding farms, yet the department won’t restrict these operations. [News Source]

California bill attacks sprawl. The groundbreaking legislation would help meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through smarter regional planning. [News Source]

Many in Fond du Lac want to go smoke-free. Many citizens of Fond du Lac say they want their city to be Wisconsin's next smoke-free community and they say they've got strong support to make it happen. [News Source]

County trades air credits for road paving. To reduce pollution, the City of Victorville will pave seven dirt roads belonging to the county in exchange for much needed air credits to offset pollution from the construction of a new power plant. [News Source]

Well fire burns all day. Firefighting crews extinguished a well fire at a drilling rig east of Rulison but were continuing Wednesday evening to try to cut off the flow of natural gas that fed the blaze. [News Source]

Locals impacted by uranium mining attend Spearfish hearing. Uranium mining has become more popular for several reasons, among them the potential for nuclear energy. But uranium has also become a lightning rod for those who see disaster in the making. [News Source]

Rumpke offers response. Rumpke officials met Monday to provide more answers to questions about its landfill proposal, raised at the public hearing held by the Ohio EPA last week. [News Source]

Atlanta region to spend federal funds on diesels. The Atlanta region is poised to spend $36 million of its federal transportation funds on diesel locomotives owned by private rail companies so they will pollute less. [News Source]

Federal air standards met. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Wednesday that the air in all parts of the Commonwealth meets the federal health-based standard for short-term exposure to fine pollution particles. [News Source]