We do have a huge problem with air pollution in Ohio and part of the reason is the power plants ... which are old, dirty and burn coal.

Diesel exhaust is very dirty, and it's a huge contributor to air pollution in many communities. This will make significant changes in the air quality in a lot of our urban areas.

We have mounting scientific proof that cleaning up the source of air pollution results in cleaner air and less illness and death. A study recently released showed that when particle air pollution declines in a city, the death rates also drop in that city.

Today's victory means that thousands of Americans will not have their lives cut short because of the pollution that would have blown through this huge loophole.

But really what we're looking at is the source of the pollution and that is coal-fired power plants.

Many Brazilian landfills, such as Bandeirantes, double up as power plants. So instead of causing further pollution by burning coal or oil, they run on a fuel source that is plentiful in Sao Paolo — garbage,