Clear days’ target met before time (China Daily) Blue sky means a day when the city's air pollution is below 100 on the air pollution index (API). The API at noon yesterday was 85. [News Source]

Weak economy delaying Felida green home project. Advocates of the home say they are determined to build a house that generates as much energy as it consumes, that captures and re-uses all of its own water, and that provides as much value to wildlife as it does to its human inhabitants. [News Source]

Green teamwork builds healthy Habitat for Humanity. Like Habitat's international office, the Boise office has committed to green building - environmentally sound, and healthy for inhabitants - for all future projects. [News Source]

Natural gas car cuts fuel costs. There's never a line when Scott Mills gasses up his car. But there is nowhere to buy coffee or potato chips, either. When you drive a car powered by natural gas, it's all about such trade-offs. [News Source]

City to extract, sell natural gas from garbage. The Billings Regional Landfill will soon be more than just a graveyard for potato peels, lawn clippings and old Christmas cards. The trash is about to start giving back. [News Source]

Californians right to lead environmental charge. A Democrat from California will now lead the prestigious U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. This could be another prime opportunity to call even more attention to solar and wind technology, as well as supporting business here in the desert. [News Source]

Scientists study Yangtze delta monsoons to understand human impact on climate. Chinese scientists are for the first time to start tracking monsoons in the eastern Yangtze River Delta in an attempt to reveal how human activities have impacted on climate change. [News Source]

Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking (HealthCentral) Exposure to air pollution is linked to hardening of the arteries. [News Source]

From sewers to skies, Daniels cleans up state. When Daniels took office, more than 100 communities were dumping raw sewage into Indiana's waters. [News Source]

The (green) torch is passed. One of Barack Obama's first orders of business will be to establish a federal greenhouse gas-reduction plan that looks a lot like what California is devising under the mandate of the 2006 measure known as AB32. [News Source]

Damaged plants feel stressed. It’s hard to believe that Hurricane Ike came ashore almost two-and-a-half months ago. What’s really perplexing is the randomness of damage that occurred. So why was the plant damage from Hurricane Ike so random? In my opinion, it all came down to stress. [News Source]