Air-pollution alert in Twin Cities, advisory for central Minn. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The air in southern Minnesota is temporarily less than ideal for breathing, state officials said Thursday. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued an air-pollution health alert for an area including Marshall, the Twin Cities and Rochester for the latter part of Thursday and into Friday. [News Source]

Air pollution alert made for southern Minn. (Minnesota Public Radio) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including the Twin Cities, Rochester and Marshall. [News Source]

Air pollution alert issued for southern Minn. (5 Eyewitness News St. Paul) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including the Twin Cities, Rochester and... Build your own forecast Latest road conditions Watch current forecast [News Source]

Air pollution alert made for southern Minn. (Post-Bulletin) Associated Press ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including Rochester, the Twin Cities and Marshall. [News Source]

Air pollution alert made for southern Minn. (WKBT La Crosse) Associated Press - February 4, 2010 5:14 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including the... [News Source]

Developer pleads not guilty (Albany Democrat-Herald) Eugene developer Dan Desler has pleaded not guilty on all countsassociated with alleged air pollution violations stemming fromdemolition of a former Willamette Industries mill site in SweetHome in 2007 and early 2008. [News Source]

Iowa DNR issues air pollution alert for Eastern Iowa (The Gazette) Air pollution in Eastern Iowa today has prompted a warning from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Anyone in northeast Iowa with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children should limit prolonged outdoor exertion until the air quality improves, the DNR warned. [News Source]

Air pollution alert issued (Pioneer Press) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air-pollution health alert for the southern half of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, Rochester and Marshall, for today through Friday. [News Source]

Geographic Diversity Leads To Different Corporate Social Responsibility Emphases (Newswise) The world's best corporate citizens differ in their social responsibility emphases depending on where they are based, a study shows. 75 percent of Japanese firms give to arts, sports or music programs. Only one-third of U.S. companies do. European firms focus on air pollution prevention. But giving to education is off their radar screens. [News Source]

Utah gov given $10,000 by coal co. seeking permit. On the same day Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sat down with a coal company that complained regulators were taking too long to issue a strip-mining permit, his campaign aides were cashing a $10,000 check from the company. [News Source]

Judge says Ohio EPA must require polluters to follow clean air rules. A federal judge has ruled that Ohio environmental regulators have violated the federal Clean Air Act by allowing thousands of low-level polluters to go without the latest air-scrubbing technology. [News Source]