COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gasoline stations in Ohio would no longer be required to tell consumers if they are selling an ethanol-gasoline blend, under the bill that Governor Bob Taft (pictured) was expected to sign into law yesterday, said a report by the Toledo Blade.

Williams Co., Tulsa, Okla., which claims to be the country's second-largest ethanol marketer, said the labels on pumps scared off some consumers, said the report. "Sometimes it has an effect of being perceived as a warning," Bruce Heine, director of government affairs for the Williams Co., told the newspaper.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Some local Arizona governments are setting limits on how much outdoor lighting new buildings--including convenience stores and gasoline stations--can have, rules that strengthen a 1972 Pima County ordinance designed to preserve the night sky, says a report in the Arizona Daily Star.

Members of the Tucson-based International Dark Sky Association say that just getting lighting levels written into the building codes of area governments constitutes a victory for those wanting to preserve the night sky--a task that is getting more difficult as urban areas expand. So-called "light pollution"--glare, overlighting and lights pointed into the sky--has largely been seen as a problem pertaining only to astronomers, says the report.