The utility firm admitted two charges of pollution after the incidents closed the wetlands at Castle Semple Loch, Lochwinnoch, twice during October 2010.

BBC: Castle Semple Loch, Lochwinnoch

Thus is virtue rewarded and pollution checked at an overall cost that is less than if each firm were required to meet an individual target.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

One small firm, Sensaris, which makes wireless sensors to detect air pollution, has decided to make a filing under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is a way of putting down a marker without the expense of a full patent application.

ECONOMIST: Europe's unwieldy patent regime

C. has tossed a lawsuit by the prominent law firm Patton Boggs that accuses lawyers for Chevron of somehow conspiring to keep plaintiffs in a massive pollution case from paying their bills.

FORBES: Judge Tosses Patton Boggs Suit Over Unpaid Ecuador Bills