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]

Time to ban this health threat: Leaf blowers. The evidence is in. It's time to end, or at least minimize, the use of leaf blowers to reduce air pollution and the resulting global warming, as well as decrease noise pollution [News Source]

As Oregon becomes increasingly smokefree, people are breathing easier. Businesses made the transition to being smokefree with relative ease — a recent study found that 100 percent of observed bars across the state were in compliance with the new law in their indoor areas. [News Source]

A new health care plan for America – clean air. Cleaning up dirty air is an investment that will benefit our health, our environment and our bank accounts. Your voice is needed to ensure the new standard gets approved. [News Source]

Investigators suspect Columbia River sheen is petroleum coke. Investigators looking into a mile-long sheen of black material seen floating on the surface of the Columbia River on Tuesday morning suspect it may have originated at the Chinook Ventures plant in Longview. [News Source]

New study aims to capture information on Utah’s inversion. The largest field study in a decade of Utah's wintertime inversions is being launched after the National Science Foundation signed off on the project with $1.3 million in funding. [News Source]

University of Utah to undertake study of winter inversions. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that pollution sometimes makes the winter air in northern Utah's valleys so bad it's unhealthy. [News Source]