Ohio EPA says Columbus Steel Castings has failed to fix air pollution problems (The Columbus Dispatch) Columbus Steel Castings has failed to follow through on a court-ordered plan to identify and fix air pollution problems at its South Side foundry, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency officials said today. [News Source]

Air pollution hurts child breathing (UPI) NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Infant exposure to metals from residential heating oil combustion and diesel emissions are linked to respiratory symptoms, U.S. researchers found. [News Source]

Mesa air pollution study workshops canceled this week (The Adobe Press) San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District’s public workshops that were set for last Tuesday and Wednesday to share the results of the Phase 2 South County Particulate Matter Study were canceled this week. [News Source]

Rail center at Macalloy still offers port solutions. When it comes to the new port terminal, it's not too late to get it right. [News Source]

Carbon capture costs show folly of idea. Carbon sequestration might help revive production from old oil fields. But it will never make economic sense, whether as an environmental or natural resource scheme, without massive public subsidies. [News Source]

Deck the halls with antiseptic. Mum was the queen of germaphobes. She wore gloves and traveled with Dettol antiseptic in her purse until the early days of hand sanitizers. She passed away a year too soon at the age of 95: she would have loved the H1N1 crisis. Today, the whole world is following her lead. [News Source]

Great and good share hopes and fears for Copenhagen. My best hope is that developed countries agree on commitments to reduce emissions by 2020 more or less in keeping with the stated position of the European Union. [News Source]

Area benzene levels take center stage in air quality debate. A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said air quality monitoring tests are currently is being conducted around Fort Worth to determine whether natural gas production is the cause of abnormally high levels of benzene detected in the air. [News Source]

NLR hopes to convert part of vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas. Converting its four highest-polluting vehicles to compressed natural gas could start a trend, the City of North Little Rock hopes. [News Source]

State seeks to find and protect most sound streams. Gauging the extent of water pollution in Virginia is tricky. More than 10,000 miles of streams are listed as "impaired," or polluted, many because they are high in a pollutant, such as fecal bacteria, that poses a threat to people. [News Source]

Harford bill may allow incinerator near park. Harford County residents will have a chance to raise questions Tuesday about a controversial bill that would allow the county to build a waste-to-energy incinerator near Cunion Field, an Edgewood park popular with local children and their families. [News Source]