Chamber invites CARB, air district leaders to expo (The Bakersfield Californian) As you have seen or heard by now, the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce has secured two key speakers for our Energy and Clean Air Expo set for Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Marriott/Convention Center. They are: Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board as a luncheon speaker, and Seyed Sadredin, director, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, as the morning kickoff ... [News Source]

Sixth graders urge lawmakers to pass anti-idling bill (FOX 13 Utah) Sixth graders from Morningside Elementary School in Salt Lake City were on Utah's Capitol Hill Wednesday with a presentation encouraging legislation aimed at reducing vehicular idling and, by extension, air pollution. [News Source]

S.Korea court says automakers not to blame for asthma (AFP via Yahoo! News) A court ruled Wednesday that South Korea's government and five main automakers are not responsible for respiratory diseases allegedly caused by air pollution. [News Source]

FAA redesign: Hundreds more planes will result (Redding Pilot) Three hundred to four hundred additional commercial jets a day will bring their noise and air pollution to the skies overhead in a year or two, according to Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi, a leader of the frustrated opposition to a redesign of flight paths over the New York region. [News Source]

End-Of-Pipe Air Pollution Control Equipment – European Market Perspective – New Market Report Published (OfficialWire) "Air Pollution Control (APC) equipment, a part of the environmental industry, is hugely impacted by government and the actions of green lobby groups to keep environmental issues at bay. [News Source]

States struggling with EPA rules. States are slashing funds for environmental programs, threatening their ability to meet federal standards for clean air and water. [News Source]

Industry, enviro groups try to sway EPA on smog standard. Industry and environmental groups sparred at a public hearing here today over U.S. EPA's planned reconsideration of the George W. Bush administration's 2008 smog standard. [News Source]

Shippers eye smog limits. Marine-shipping companies are set to feel the pinch of higher costs as the U.S. extends pollution limits to the shoreline and beyond, to reduce the air pollutants that contribute to acid rain and smog, which can cause respiratory illnesses such as asthma. [News Source]

The world’s dirtiest cities. For residents of the 25 cities on this year's list, black plumes of smoke, acid rain and free-flowing sewage are part of everyday life. Not as immediately visible: the impact on the population's health and life expectancy. [News Source]

Feinstein, States support funding boosts for EPA’s greenhouse gas regs. Battle lines were drawn yesterday as the chief Senate architect of the U.S. EPA spending bill and state regulators backed a White House proposal to ramp up funding for programs to curb greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Oil, trucking industries sue California over fuel rule. The petroleum and trucking industries Tuesday sued to block California's first-in-the-nation mandate for cleaner, low-carbon fuels. [News Source]