AP - China's top environmental official is blaming corruption for frustrating environmental protection efforts and worsening the country's already severely polluted air and waterways, state media reported Tuesday.

AFP - DaimlerChrysler AG and its Mercedes-Benz unit are to pay 1.2 million dollars to settle charges that numerous Mercedes models breached US air regulations, authorities said.

Reuters - Efforts to cut air pollution in the Indian capital through the use of cleaner fuel in public transport are being undone by the growing number of vehicles on the roads, an environmental think-tank said on Thursday.

AFP - The European Commission has proposed to set carbon dioxide emission quotas for airlines from 2011, a stance already met with hostility by the aviation industry and environmentalists.

Reuters - Thirteen states sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Monday for failing to set air quality standards that could save up to 24,000 lives a year.

AFP - Air pollution is killing more than half a million people in Asian cities each year and shows no sign of improving as urban centers expand, studies by the Asian Development Bank show.