Catching a breath tougher in WMass. Folks who live in Western Massachusetts can't seem to catch a breath, despite the relatively good news from the battlefront in the ongoing war against air pollution. [News Source]

Ethanol’s promise. Ethanol will not by itself end our oil dependency or global warming. We also need far more efficient cars and transportation systems as part of a larger smart-growth strategy. [News Source]

Other states agree with California despite carmakers’ threats. California's pioneering regulations aimed at cutting automotive emissions of global warming gases are now getting the kind of validation that ought to end the predictable and ongoing resistance of large automakers. [News Source]

Non-profits offer ways to reduce emissions. Prompted in part by Gov. Bill Richardson's 2005 call for reduced emissions, non-profit governmental organizations are eyeing ways to make New Mexico's air cleaner. [News Source]

Americans find ways to deal with rising gasoline prices. As the price of gasoline continues to soar, Americans are finding a variety of ways to lower their fuel costs. [News Source]

Save gas city hall-style — drive a hummer. In his State of the City speech last month, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared that it was important to imagine a future "in which Los Angeles is the greenest and cleanest big city in America." [News Source]

“Re-Energize” America, Speaker Urges. The issues of global warming and U.S. foreign oil dependence have not been at the top of the nation's agenda, but they should be, speaker John Grant told college students at two events last week. [News Source]

Two to record global warming’s effects on Arctic up close. When explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen step onto the ice of the Arctic Ocean in northern Canada today, they will become the eyes and hands of several groups of researchers looking to the top of the world for evidence of the causes of a warming polar climate. [News Source]

Debate on global warming helps produce a brisk seller. "Hotter Than Hell" describes a war between Canada and the United States over fresh water in the wake of a global-warming catastrophe. [News Source]

UN acknowledges climate change. A UN panel on climate change has noted for the first time the likelihood that global warming resulting from human activities is causing heat waves and other abnormal weather phenomena as well as Arctic ice mass loss. [News Source]

Unity of nations can curb global warming threat. The Climate Systems Analysis Group has called on South African government to carefully consider the possibly huge social and environmental costs of pollution from developments like the proposed Coega aluminium smelter before approving them. [News Source]