UK consul says Pryor wrong, cap-and-trade working (Pine Bluff Commercial) Sen. Mark Pryor's claim that Europe's cap-and-trade system for reducing air pollution isn't working "has no basis in fact," British Consul General Paul Lynch says. [News Source]

UK consul says Pryor wrong, cap-and-trade working (Pine Bluff Commercial) Sen. Mark Pryor's claim that Europe's cap-and-trade system for reducing air pollution isn't working "has no basis in fact," British Consul General Paul Lynch says. [News Source]

Marathon Petroleum seeks plant modification permit (The Telegraph) HARTFORD - Marathon Petroleum has applied to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for an air pollution control construction permit. The permit would allow for the modification of the tank loading rack and six storage tanks at its petroleum terminal, 1402 S. Delmar. [News Source]

Guangzhou to ensure better air quality for Asian Games (China Daily) GUANGZHOU: The local environmental protection authority has pledged to ensure better air quality during the 16th Asian Games next year by spending up to 600 million yuan to tackle the problem of air pollution, Yang Liu, deputy director of Guangzhou environmental protection bureau, told China Daily. [News Source]

‘Green’ revolution under way in rural China. In China's northwest Yunnan province, a green revolution is under way among rural residents, with hundreds of households in 420 villages adopting renewable energy, reducing dependence on wood stoves, decreasing deforestation and lowering indoor air pollution. [News Source]

Iraq veteran blames his suffering on chemical exposure. Seven National Guard veterans in West Virginia are among 50 nationwide who say they are experiencing severe health problems after being exposed to hexavalent chromium in Iraq. Now, many of them have been diagnosed with respiratory tumors and other illnesses. Some have died. [News Source]

Deadly pollutants lurk in Coachella Valley skies. The Coachella Valley has serious, chronic air pollution challenges. Smog and dust pollution is about as bad today as it was nearly a decade ago, a Desert Sun review of government air quality statistics shows. [News Source]

Marine spouse awaiting news on Atsugi contamination, The Navy Environmental Public Health Center is set to release a new study on the contamination at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, and Jacksonville resident Shelly Parulis cannot wait. [News Source]

Clearing the air on pollution in central Illinois. What's up with central Illinois air? Whether the answer is good or bad depends entirely upon from whom you get your information. [News Source]

Cement plants being asked to sacrifice for clean air. on Monday, the director of natural resources for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, is going to ask six area cement plants to consider temporarily shutting down or at least slowing operations this summer to reduce their emissions of nitrogen oxides — and possibly keep the federal government from designating San Antonio as a dirty-air city. [News Source]

Report predicts even hotter Southeast in decades to come. Due to global warming, the Southeast is likely to see twice as many days a year with temperatures hitting the 90 degree mark or hotter, according to a federal report released last month. [News Source]