Be aware (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) • An air pollution health advisory is in effect for the Twin Cities area for today and Sunday because of elevated ozone levels. • A heat advisory is in effect in Hennepin and Ramsey counties for this afternoon through Sunday afternoon. • Highway crews are poised in case of pavement buckles. Motorists who see buckling are urged to call 911. • The forest fire danger is expected to increase as [News Source]

G8 fails to link energy security with environmental protection. Gone are the days when our leaders could think of energy and economic development as separate from environmental stewardship. [News Source]

How to improve environment. China is committed to improving its environment, of that there is no doubt. There is simply no alternative, as Mother Earth has already proved in certain regions with numerous disasters, great and small. [News Source]

Coal mountain. North Carolina shouldn't falter in requiring maximum reductions of air pollution from Duke Power's coal-burning power plants [News Source]

Climate-change action can wait no longer. Harper's climate change plan, when it comes, will be a revealing test of his government's true ability to lead in today's unstable climate. [News Source]

DEQ: Contamination should not delay project. Any possible ground contamination on University of Wyoming property from leaking underground storage tanks should not impact construction of the UW Convention Center and Hilton Garden Inn project, according to a Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality official. [News Source]

Candidates exalt coal as king. The Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates told Ohio coal industry officials at a gathering Friday that coal is Ohio's energy future, but the two offered far different ideas on how to capitalize on that resource. [News Source]

State money will fund Schenectady brownfields site evaluation. The City of Schenectady will share in a $1 million state grant for the investigation of the abandoned, polluted urban sites known as brownfields. [News Source]

Air quality monitor switched on (BBC News) A new air quality monitoring centre which will help environmentalists check air pollution in central Bristol is to be switched on. [News Source]

Air pollution advisory issued for the weekend (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air Pollution Health Advisory for the Twin Cities metro area for Saturday and Sunday. This weekend's forecasted temperatures, close to 100 degrees, and clear skies are perfect conditions for developing high ozone levels. The Air Quality Index is forecasted to rise to between 90 and 100 over the weekend. Levels in the 90s are near the threshold [News Source]

Bill gives Duke clean-air credit. Additions to Duke Energy's Rutherford County power plant would be exempted from a state air-pollution rule, under a measure the N.C. House tentatively approved Thursday. [News Source]