Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post) Moscow also has troubling levels of air pollution, which present a daily strain on lung health. Unless you're in the oil business, there's little reason to brave the choking pollution of Baku, Azerbaijan. [News Source]

Research and Markets: In 2009, the Market for Air Pollution Control Equipment in the Middle East Stood At $103.4 Million (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Analysis of Middle East Air Pollution Control Equipment Market" to their offering. [News Source]

Air quality advisory issued for northeast Ohio through the evening (WKYC Cleveland) Northeast Ohio -- Today the region is experiencing high monitor readings for fine particles (PM or particulate matter). PM is caused by industrial air pollution, motor vehicle exhaust, and water vapor. [News Source]

End-Of-Pipe Air Pollution Control Equipment – European Market Perspective (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: [News Source]

‘The environment … is where we live.’ A New Mexico neighborhood offers a case study in the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement. [News Source]

Battle over coal ash a year after tragic spill. Coal ash is in a tug-of-war between environmentalists and the coal industry over its impending regulation – whether or not it is hazardous. It is currently unregulated and the industry is lobbying hard to keep it that way. [News Source]

National environmental group brings second lawsuit against rail hub. The lawsuit contends that the rail hub, along with a proposed warehouse complex next door, will generate substantial air pollution not only for people who live near the project but for the region. [News Source]

Forests by bay growing faster, researchers find. Forests by the Chesapeake Bay are growing faster these days, researchers have found, in a growth spurt that seems linked to rising carbon dioxide in the air and warming climate. [News Source]

Obama budget proposal pushes climate regulations forward. Both climate regulatory and climate adaptation programs won cash infusions in President Obama's budget proposal yesterday, despite a tough budget year that saw overall cuts at environment, natural resource and land management agencies. [News Source]

L.A. takes a shine to another Owens Valley product: Sun. The Department of Water and Power wants to transform the area into one of the largest producers of solar energy in America. [News Source]

Industrial hub forced to get serious about rising waste. Authorities in Viet Nam's most industrious province, Dong Nai, have realised that creating central waste-treatment centres for treating and disposing of household and industrial waste is vital to protect the environment – and sustainability. [News Source]