China: Air Pollution Changes Rainfall Patterns (New York Times) Air pollution in eastern China is altering rainfall patterns there, resulting in fewer days of light rain, American and Chinese researchers reported. [News Source]

Study: Foreign smog deadly for some (MSNBC) Unseen and odorless, microscopic particles of air pollution wafting overseas and across continents kill some 380,000 people each year, according to a new study... [News Source]

Chronic exposure to polluted air hard on the lungs (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Chronic exposure to outdoor air pollution seems to reduce lung function in otherwise healthy adults, a study suggests. [News Source]

Pollution In Eastern China Cuts Light, Useful Rainfall (redOrbit) New research shows that air pollution in eastern China has reduced the amount of light rainfall over the past 50 years and decreased by 23 percent the number of days of light rain in the eastern half of the country. [News Source]

The sky is not falling: Pollution in eastern China cuts light, useful rainfall (EurekAlert!) ( DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ) New research shows that air pollution in eastern China over the past 50 years has decreased the yearly number of days of light rainfall by 23 percent. The study links for the first time high levels of pollutants in the air with conditions that prevent the kind of rainfall critical for agriculture. The results suggest that bad air quality might be ... [News Source]

Air Pollution Travels, Kills Thousands Annually (Discovery Channel) Air pollution wafting in from overseas kills 6,600 people in North America every year. [News Source]

Wyoming Supreme Court hears power plant dispute (The Bismarck Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming violated its own laws by not requiring a new coal-fired power plant in Campbell County to emit less air pollution, an attorney for conservation and environmental groups argued before the state Supreme Court Thursday. [News Source]

Traffic signs alert drivers to bad air (The Columbus Dispatch) Thousands of central Ohio drivers are seeing, for the first time, an air pollution warning as they negotiate Franklin County freeways. [News Source]

Official urges early exit of high-emission vehicles (China Daily) A Chinese environmental official Thursday urged hastening the national elimination of high-emission vehicles to help curb urban air pollution. [News Source]