The most toxic home products. You expect to find toxic chemicals in cleaning products and pesticides. But you wouldn't think toxins could be in your bed--or worse yet, your infant's crib. [News Source]

White House hosts meeting on energy, climate. President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year. [News Source]

Obama pushes senators for climate bill. President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year. [News Source]

White House to host climate, energy meeting with senators. President Barack Obama will try Tuesday to jumpstart his push to get a climate and energy bill through Congress in the coming weeks, hosting a meeting with cabinet officials and senior Democratic and Republican senators. [News Source]

U.S. ‘cap and trade’ rebranded ‘pollution reduction.’ Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets." [News Source]

Bill would help clear the air at MN ice arenas. A bill introduced this week would require rinks to install electronic air-monitoring devices to continuously check for carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide — potentially hazardous toxins that Zambonis and other ice resurfacers emit. [News Source]

AEP looks to expand landfill in Conesville. Making the air cleaner has made it necessary for American Electric Power to request an expansion at the landfill serving its Conesville Generating Station. [News Source]

Fort Worth residents object as city approves air-test panel. For months, state regulators, neighborhood groups and the natural gas industry have gone back and forth about the level of air pollution produced by natural gas drilling in the Barnett Shale. [News Source]

Dunes pollution curb sought. The county Health Commission is urging the Board of Supervisors to take “any and all” steps within its power to revegetate and stabilize the Oceano Dunes state park — a move that could, in theory, lead to a temporary shutdown of parts of the recreational area. [News Source]

State’s mining rules enough, but let conversation continue. Everyone wants the employment PolyMet is promising -- hundreds of jobs that pay well and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic impact. At the same time, no one wants environmental devastation or pollution. [News Source]

Mining industry’s view: Benefits are enormous, risks addressed. We have a tremendous opportunity to create thousands of new jobs in the next generation of mining: Minnesota’s non-ferrous industry. The first project, PolyMet Mining, is ready to go, and the benefits are great. [News Source]