Air Pollution Advisory for Two-Thirds of State Until Saturday (FOX 9 News Twin Cities) An air pollution health advisory has been issued for the southern two-thirds of the state, including the Twin Cities, Rochester, St. Cloud, Duluth, and the Brainerd lakes area. The warning is in effect Monday through Saturday. [News Source]

Direct link between air pollution and high blood pressure (News-Medical-Net) The air people breathe while walking in the park, working in the garden or shopping downtown may be unhealthy enough to seriously spike their blood pressure, a new study suggests. [News Source]

State issues air pollution advisory (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution health advisory for the southern two-thirds of the state. [News Source]

Blueprint to create sustainable Singapore. Singapore is drafting a "pragmatic and result-oriented" blueprint to create a sustainable, green but lively country. [News Source]

With Games near, air pollution still an issue in Beijing. The Chinese capital was shrouded yesterday in thick gray smog, just 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. [News Source]

China struggles to combat thickening smog. Environmental officials in China have announced plans to put in place fresh draconian anti-pollution measures to combat the smog in time for the Olympics. [News Source]

Beijing may ban 90 percent of cars for Olympics. Beijing is considering banning 90 percent of private cars from its roads and closing more factories in a last-ditch bid to clear smoggy skies for the Olympics, state media reported Monday. [News Source]

Beijing pollution still twice WHO levels: Greenpeace. Beijing's air quality is still falling well short of international guidelines, despite desperate efforts to clean the Olympic host city's skies before the Games, a report by Greenpeace said Monday. [News Source]

Beijing shrouded in haze days before Games. Olympic host city Beijing was shrouded in haze on Monday 11 days before the Games begin, raising anxieties about whether it can deliver the clean skies promised for the world's top athletes. [News Source]

Wall of smog to greet athletes in Beijing. Beijing Olympics organisers denied manipulating pollution statistics yesterday as thick smog worsened in the Chinese capital with just 12 days before the opening ceremony. [News Source]

Olympic smog persists. Beijing was swathed in smog on Friday just two weeks ahead of the Olympics as its notorious pollution defied aggressive steps aimed at clearing the air for next month's Games. [News Source]