Kosovo’s poisoned generation. Children living in the Cesmin Lug refuge camp built close to a lead mine and smelting works in northern Kosovo are sick with lead poisoning in what may be the worst lead contamination case in Europe. [News Source]

Federal judge orders TVA to install pollution controls at 4 coal-fired power plants near NC. The TVA must install pollution controls at four coal-fired power plants that spit emissions into North Carolina, a federal judge ordered Tuesday, siding with the state in its lawsuit against the nation's largest public utility. [News Source]

New national children’s study seeks environmental causes of autism, asthma, ADHD. The National Children's Study, a first-ever effort 10 years in the making, will follow thousands of children from the womb to age 20, with the goal of finding the causes of major health problems. [News Source]

Obama to give extra push to climate talks: U.N. official. Barack Obama will give fresh momentum to talks for a new global pact to fight global warming, although countries still need to clear up issues such as funding for developing nations, a top U.N. official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Opposition stands by emissions trading. The federal opposition will not walk away from emissions trading, despite the concerns of the Nationals. [News Source]

Joyce ‘out of line’ with Holocaust remark. Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce should take back comments on emissions trading comparing environmentalists with Nazis, says the Federal Government. [News Source]

No public speakers oppose anti-idling bylaw. Community leaders, environmental and health activists, doctors and junior high school students urged city councillors Tuesday to approve Edmonton’s proposed anti-idling bylaw. [News Source]

Power plant foes pack state license hearing. Air quality officials fielded a roomful of rowdy flak Tuesday for appearing to sign off on a permit for a new power plant in West Bountiful. [News Source]

State air quality regulators hold hearing on new power plant. Hundreds of DavisCounty residents filled to overflowing a hearing room to give state regulators a piece of their minds. [News Source]

TVA must limit plants’ pollution. A federal judge has ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority to clean up air pollution at four coal-burning power plants that North Carolina claims send dirty air into the Tar Heel State. [News Source]

Enviro group sues over Wyoming gas field project. An environmental group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop the construction of new well pads and roads in a southwest Wyoming oil and gas field, saying expanded drilling approved by federal regulators would leave the area "moonscaped." [News Source]