Study shows U.S. public schools in “air pollution danger zone” (People’s Daily) One in three U.S. public schools are in the "air pollution danger zone," according to a new research released Monday by University of Cincinnati available on Monday. More than 8,800 schools representing 6 million students in the United States were included in the survey. The research team have found that more than 30 percent of American public schools are within 400 meters of major highways that ... [News Source]

Harmful New Air Pollutant Found (CBS News) LSU scientists report a new form of air pollution -- persistent free radicals. Each day, we breathe in 300 cigarettes' worth of the harmful molecules. [News Source]

A return to relevance? In the nearly seven decades since the closure of "La Mina Grande," the richest silver strike in state history, this tiny settlement in the mountains between Marfa and Presidio has been on a slow, crumbling drift toward oblivion. [News Source]

The ‘Whoa’ factor Activist not content with idly standing by. Despite Tommy Lee Jones’ insistence, drilling activist Don Young is not getting behind gas extraction in Texas's Barnett Shale. Nor does he believe it’s doing the nation a world of good. [News Source]

The most polluted city on earth. In Toxic Linfen, China we explore the nation's dependency on coal and the consequences of that on air and water pollution and the impact on the Chinese citizen. We also take a look at the health of Chinese nationalized coal industry and its ability to change. [News Source]

Sana’a trees need protection from exhaust smoke. Yemeni environmental experts warn that widespread air pollution in the capital of Sana’a is threatening the city’s plant life and roadside trees, in addition to posing negative health effects to Sana’a residents. [News Source]

One famous man’s drive toward personal sustainability. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is Hollywood's poster child for a more sustainable lifestyle. He's been committed to green living for decades. [News Source]

Singapore at ‘green’ cutting edge. Singapore is pushing ahead with ambitious alternative-energy and conservation campaigns, putting the city state into the vanguard of energy efficiency and proving that business and environmentalism can profitably mix. [News Source]

New research pinpoints free radicals as culprit in polluted air . While scientists have known that breathing bad air such as Sacramento sometimes experiences is harmful, they have never pinpointed what it is in fine particles that causes conditions usually associated with smoking such as lung disease until now. [News Source]

Feds are taking the restoration of Lake Tahoe seriously. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Saturday she will seek an extension of a decade-old program to preserve Lake Tahoe's cobalt blue waters, while Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne authorized another $54 million in funding for conservation projects. [News Source]

Forever 21 development on South Central Farm site is protested. Two years after it was bulldozed, the 14-acre Los Angeles community garden known as the South Central Farm is being developed for a clothing chain with strong ties to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. [News Source]