Forbes ranks San Jose as 10th cleanest city (BizJournals) Forbes magazine named San Jose the 10th cleanest city in the U.S., citing water quality, cleanliness and air pollution. [News Source]

Arctic Pollution Dates to 1800s (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Today's Arctic explorers are well-acquainted with the ugly haze that hangs over the North Pole, created by air pollution that drifts up from cities in lower latitudes. But a new study suggests this veil of pollution has been present since the late 1800s. [News Source]

NASA Study: 15% Of America’s Air Pollution Is From Asia (AnandTech) Is poor air quality in America the fault of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan?... [News Source]

Indoor air pollution study coincides with smoking debate (KHQA Quincy) Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- The Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control is releasing a new study Tuesday, just in time for a Statehouse debate on whether to ban smoking in public places. [News Source]

Lawmakers Criticize Pollution Plan (Time Magazine) Democratic lawmakers are questioning a Bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste [News Source]

Lawmakers criticize Bush pollution plan (AP via Yahoo! News) Democratic lawmakers are questioning a Bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste. [News Source]