Taman Sri Aman folk face garbage woes and air pollution (The Star) THE “No dumping” signboard in Jalan Sri Aman, Taman Sri Alam, Cheras, is ironically an illegal dumping point, with rubbish strewn all around it. [News Source]

Study blames off-roading for Mesa air pollution (The Adobe Press) Off-roading activity in the Oceano Dunes is the cause of high levels of particulate air pollution in Nipomo, according to the South County Phase 2 Particulate Matter Study released this week by the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District. [News Source]

What lies beneath. Thousands of tank systems across Pennsylvania have failed and contaminated soil and water exposing neighborhoods to dangerous chemicals. [News Source]

Disaster awaits cities in earthquake zones. As he surveys the streets of Istanbul, Mustafa Erdik, the director of an earthquake engineering institute here, says he sometimes feels like a doctor scanning a crowded hospital ward. His biggest worry is the tens of thousands of buildings that some seismologists call 'rubble in waiting.' [News Source]

Environmentalists question coal’s place in Obama policy. President Barack Obama, a longtime believer in "clean coal," is launching an ambitious and expensive plan to help the energy industry lock climate-changing gases from coal-fired power plants deep underground. [News Source]

New Mexico governor’s pollution bills come up short. With the end of his second four-year term looming, this was Gov. Bill Richardson's last chance to push through the New Mexico Legislature an environmental agenda aimed at cracking down on polluters and the emissions blamed for global warming. Lawmakers didn't play along. [News Source]

Campaign targets lawn weedkillers, pesticides. A working group of the Burlington Board of Health is about to issue this call: Wanted two Burlington property owners willing this spring to swear off the stew of manmade chemicals many people feed their lawns to keep them as weed- and pest-free as AstroTurf. [News Source]

Wood stove ballot measure group forms. A group said Friday it has taken the first steps needed to ask voters this fall to block any municipal regulation of wood- and coal-fed heating systems in Fairbanks. [News Source]

Let’s make Dixon sustainable. California is once again moving to protect our health. As things stand today, we are not afforded adequate environmental protection. [News Source]

Pollution of body and soul. Two major items dealing with pollution were in the news recently. I am writing about pollution in its wider sense, not just that our air quality is being brought to the fore by the MEPs of both parties representing us in the EU Parliament. [News Source]

Time to put New Jersey back to work. Together, the new rail tunnel and the stimulus package demonstrate that federal investment in the nation's infrastructure can jump-start the economy and create new jobs where there were none. [News Source]