Clean air award to honor former Supervisor Wilson (The Press-Enterprise) An annual award for government leaders who battle air pollution will be named in memory of former Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson, who will posthumously receive the award Friday. Wilson's widow, Aurora, will accept the honors from the South Coast Air Quality Management District at its 21st Annual Clean Air Awards at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. [News Source]

Pipe break in Upper Ojai results in tons of air pollutants (Ventura County Star) The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District is re-examining its excess pollution fees after an oil company was fined $6,500 for releasing multiple tons of air pollution over at least a six-month time frame. “It’s supposed to be a disincentive, but in this case it’s not proportionate to the amount of emissions they are putting out,” said Keith Duval, deputy air pollution control officer ... [News Source]

Seasonal Burning Begins Thursday (The Chattanoogan) The Hamilton-County Air Pollution Control Bureau is reminding Hamilton County residents that seasonal burning will be allowed beginning Thursday for residents who obtain a permit. [News Source]

A Chinese Solar Future (OfficialWire) In recent years China, and in particular the capital Beijing, have become synonymous with heavy air pollution with carbon emissions a natural result of being the largest manufacturing base in the world. [News Source]

Polluted plumes from distant countries can cause health problems, study warns. Air pollution is almost always dominated by local emissions, but a report warns that plumes of harmful pollutants can waft across oceans and continents -- and that the danger of long-distance smog is growing worse. [News Source]

Study: Area around cement plant shows high levels of mercury. Elevated levels of toxic mercury and other heavy metals are in neighborhoods around the Lafarge cement plant on Route 9W, according to a well-known state scientist. [News Source]

America’s national parks face challenges. In many ways, Acadia typifies the state of US national parks today. It possesses extraordinary scenic beauty that remains largely intact. But less visible forces are at work that could undermine its future. [News Source]

Once upon a time, Democrats and Republicans worked together on the Senate EPW panel. Ideological differences among the Public Works Committee's Democrats and Republicans create a political dynamic that raises big questions about the fate of climate change legislation that Boxer and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) plan to unveil tomorrow. [News Source]

City readies for climate change. The city’s response to climate change needs a paradigm shift in approach – from preparing to fight it to learning to live with it, experts agreed at a conference yesterday. [News Source]

As carbon regs loom, coal feels weight of its crown. With pending climate change legislation and revamped power plant regulations looming, Plant Bowen and the rest of the Atlanta-based company's massive coal plants could soon be forced to undergo some expansive and costly alterations. [News Source]

Groups challenge WA coal plant’s permit renewal. It's another round in the fight for cleaner air in Washington. [News Source]