Local farmers get funding to reduce pollution (The Hanford Sentinel) Local farmers facing a tough economy are getting some federal funding to help cut their air pollution. A U.S. Agriculture Department program that kicked in April 30 provides $20.9 million to help California growers in the most polluted areas take steps to reduce emissions. [News Source]

Cleanup funding benefits energy giants. Some of the country's wealthiest oil companies and gas station chains have collected hundreds of millions of dollars from a cleanup fund conceived to help smaller, financially struggling entities. [News Source]

Malaria stifles support for insecticide ban. DDT was once widely used as an agricultural insecticide but concerns over environmental impacts and effects on human health led to it being banned in many developed countries from the 1970s. [News Source]

China poised to go all out with clean tech. China is at a crossroads. This nation of 1.3 billion people is faced with the daunting task of building on its 30 years of unprecedented economic development without further damage to its environment. [News Source]

Bioelectricity, not biofuels, will get your car farther. A new study suggests vehicles using bioelectricity are far more efficient and better for the environment than ones using biofuels such as ethanol. [News Source]

La. lawmakers worry U.S. energy plan could hurt state. Two Louisiana Democrats — U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and U.S. Charlie Melancon — could play key roles in negotiating and crafting their party's climate control bill, which would have a major impact on the state's oil and gas industry. Advertisement [News Source]

Future fuel. Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is convinced. Ditto can be said for Vienna businessman Greg Hicks when it comes to tapping natural gas to fuel America's vehicles. [News Source]

Laramie company wins coal research plant. A pilot plant to research ways to use Wyoming coal more cleanly will be built in Laramie County. [News Source]

Taking the wheel. Patrick Collignon earned stripes as an energy miser in Europe, when he and others converted Volvo Trucks Europa, Volvo's highest-producing truck plant, to run entirely on plant-based fuels and electricity generated by wind, sun and water. [News Source]

Cleanup of Sunoco gasoline leak underway. A cleanup is underway of a gasoline leak at a Sunoco storage facility in Upper Chichester that spilled thousands of gallons and killed some aquatic life in a tributary to Marcus Hook Creek, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Saturday. [News Source]

Memos show air issues at Spring House. The latest lawsuit blaming Rohm and Haas’ Spring House Technical Center for brain cancer comes shortly after newly surfaced memos reveal concerns over its indoor air quality. [News Source]