Air pollution alert extended for southern Minn. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is extending its air pollution alert for the southern half of the state through Saturday. The agency says Friday that light winds and high pressure continue to trap fine particle pollution in the area. [News Source]

Air pollution alert extended for southern Minn. (WKBT La Crosse) Associated Press - February 5, 2010 5:34 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is extending its air pollution alert for the southern half of the state through... [News Source]

Air Pollution Alert Extended For Southern Minn. (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is extending its air pollution alert for the southern half of the state through Saturday. [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. Fine particulate pollution levels above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency threshold were measured this [...] [News Source]

Air pollution alert made for southern Minnesota (KTTC Rochester) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- 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. The alert began [News Source]

Air Pollution Alert Made for Southern Minnesota (KAAL Austin) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - 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 made for southern Minn. (WXOW 19 La Crosse) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state. [News Source]

A green Tennessee benefits everyone. Do only greenies and tree-huggers need clean water, clean air and abundant food? Supporting policies that safeguard our environment is Christian and it's patriotic. It should be the agenda for every Tennessean. [News Source]

Legislators must reverse trend, preserve land, water. How strange it is to overlook the needs of more than 6 million Tennesseans for the desires of a few. Those needs are water safe to drink, clean air to breathe and the ability to share Tennessee's unique beauty with millions of visitors. [News Source]

Internet cafe smoke level hazardous. Smoke in local Internet cafes is at a hazardous level, Fudan University researchers said yesterday. The concentration of tiny particulate matter no bigger than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or PM2.5, in Internet cafes is 7 times higher than outdoors. [News Source]

Developer pleads not guilty to air pollution. Eugene developer Dan Desler has pleaded not guilty on all counts associated with alleged air pollution violations stemming from demolition of a former Willamette Industries mill site in Sweet Home in 2007 and early 2008. [News Source]