Report: ecoconsciousness can help win wars. Some US commanders in Iraq have began to shift strategy to include fixing environmental problems like clogged sewer lines, growing trash piles, and polluted drinking water. [News Source]

Gov calls for revision of federal law. Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is once again calling on federal lawmakers to rework a rule that lets agencies bypass painstaking environmental studies in order to fast-track oil and gas drilling. [News Source]

Cooling climate “consensus” of 1970s never was. The reasons to disbelieve that humans are causing global warming are many and varied, skeptics say. Actually, research has shown that many of these are bogus. [News Source]

Coal and clear skies: Obama’s balancing act. When Barack Obama arrived in Washington as a newly elected senator in early 2005, he landed in the middle of an environmental firestorm. [News Source]

Los Angeles neighborhood fights drilling near home. Some residents claim gasses released from the wells have been giving them headaches. [News Source]

Jamaica’s ethanol mission. In Jamaica, with the fuel import bill now equal to the nation's earnings from exports, sustained high prices for petroleum energy have caused rapid increases in fuel, utility bills and consumer goods prices. [News Source]

Hydrogen: an elusive final frontier. Alternative fuels and electric drivetrains are likely to become common features in our diversifying vehicle landscape over the next decade. [News Source]

Bright idea to help pupils be safe. Hundreds of pupils will be taking part in national Walk To School Week next week in Kettering, England. [News Source]

Tsang: HK to upgrade living environment through sustainable development. Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tsang said his government will press ahead with sustainable development, in order to upgrade the quality living environment for residents in this "modern world city". [News Source]

Indoor air pollution a serious health threat across Viet Nam. The most harmful and widespread contaminant of indoor air is tobacco smoke, followed by coal smoke. [News Source]

Stove emissions worsen asthma in children. High levels of stove gas emissions can be added to the list of indoor pollutants that aggravate asthma of inner-city children, U.S. researchers said. [News Source]