China’s bad air affects Alaska. Industrial pollutants from China's use of coal are plating out across the globe, including Alaska, brought by storms transporting tons of airborne chemicals that shower onto coastal waters and inland where they end up in the local food chain. [News Source]

Schools’ health reviewed. The state Board of Health is on the cusp of revising its rule governing environmental health and safety in schools – the first major changes in nearly four decades. Changes are urgently needed, warns a University of Washington professor. [News Source]

Kern’s green energy boom: Firms grabbing land for wind, solar. While the high price of crude has sent local oil companies into a pumping frenzy, Kern County has quietly experienced another energy boom — one that would make T. Boone Pickens proud. [News Source]

Ethanol battle unlikely to fade. Efforts to cut or freeze U.S. corn ethanol requirements are unlikely to end with the federal government's denial Thursday of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's plea to waive half of this year's mandate. [News Source]

Everyone benefits when stormwater sinks where it falls. Rain gardens sound exotic, but they are really a low-tech way to help rain soak in where it falls, replenishing water supplies and reducing pollution in waterways. [News Source]

Don’t let home make you sick. There's plenty of concern -- with good reason -- about air pollution. But many people are unaware that indoor pollution can be just as bad as, or even worse than, the outdoor kind. [News Source]

AOC president says China has fallen short on clearing the smog ahead of Olympic games. As Beijing was again cloaked in a dirty haze just hours before its Opening Ceremony, Coates said he hoped one of the legacies of the 2008 Games would be that China took greater care of its habitat. [News Source]

100 activists protest S’pore International School in Bandung. Some 100 students and environment activists staged a rally Friday in front of the Singapore International School in Punclut, North Bandung, accusing it of having violated laws on conservation. [News Source]

UN chides media ‘frenzy’ over Beijing smog. The United Nations' environment boss has rebuked global media for a 'frenzied focus' on Beijing's pollution and 'amnesia' over past hosts' similar problems. [News Source]

Smog may force events postponement. The admission, the one the Chinese did not want to hear, finally came on Saturday. The smog hanging over Beijing is getting so bad that the International Olympic Committee may have to consider postponing or shifting events. [News Source]

IOC praises efforts to reduce air pollution in Bejing. China has done "everything humanly possible" to clear the air in time for the Beijing games, the International Olympic Committee chief has said. [News Source]