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Presents various updates relevant to environmental safety issues in industry as of August 2000. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.'s phase out of its Scotchgard stain-repellent products; 1998 Toxics Release Inventory which included data from sectors besides manufacturing; Case study of a March 1997 explosion in Oklahoma that reviews how to prevent waste fuel oxidizer reaction hazards. INSET: Supreme Court to Decide on Clean Air Rules, by Lani Sinclair..

Reports on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's plans to crackdown on the emissions from electric power-plants and industrial facilities in a number of states. Agency action on a petition filed by states asking for relief from nitrogen oxide emissions that blow across state lines.

Reports on the filing of lawsuits by the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, against seven electric utilities. Illegal emissions of massive amounts of air pollutants; Installation of the appropriate pollution technology to reduce emissions of air pollutants; Electric utilities included in the lawsuits.

Reports on the request by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the US Justice Department to take the case of its clean air standards for smog and soot to the US Supreme Court for a definitive legal ruling.

Focuses on the different reactions from the automobile and petroleum industries in the United States to air pollution regulations for cars and trucks built after 2003.

Reports on the opposition of professionals to the proposal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list research and development facilities (RDF) as sources of hazardous air pollution. Lack of evidence on the emission of significant volumes of pollutants; Refusal of the RDF to be regulated by the EPA.

Reports on the launch of a Transportation Air Quality Center by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is aimed at reducing air pollution. Objectives of the EPA; Role of the launch of the center; Examples of alternative programs launched by the EPA.

Focuses on the formation of the Alliance for Constructive Air Policy, to find alternatives to the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to reducing ozone smog pollution. Composition of the alliance; Objectives of the alliance; Reference to proposals made to policy makers; Details on some of the expectations for the reduction of emissions by at least 55 percent.

Reports on an agreement between the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and eight Northeastern states, which calls for the agency to clean up the air pollution in the area. Identification of the states; Requirements of the court petition filed in August 1997; Comments from Harold Miller of the Southern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance.

Presents information on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Compliance Assurance Monitoring, a rule issued under the Clean Air Act. When this rule will take effect; Implications of this rule; Information from EPA; Comments from Theresa Larson of the National Association of Manufacturers.

States that the San Francisco Bay Area in California has to clean up its air quality, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found it guilty of violations of the federal health standard for ozone in 1996 and 1997. Comments from Randy Wittorp of the EPA's Region 9 Office; When the EPA adopted a stricter ozone standard.

Presents information on an Environmental Protection Agency report which states that air toxics are a source of pollution in United States water. Identification of the waters; Information on the different problems air pollution caused the United States waters; Contact information available.