Politics plagues Australian climate debate. In spite of the alarming signs of climate change in Australia, government efforts to pass a comprehensive carbon trading scheme have been plagued by a political battle that could lead to wholesale changes in the legislation. [News Source]

Taxes must rise to pay for climate change, MPs warn. Taxes will need to rise to pay for the green revolution which is necessary to save the planet from global warming, MPs warn today. [News Source]

UK government carbon targets ‘too weak’ to prevent dangerous climate change, scientists say. Official advice being used to set Britain's first carbon budget is "naïvely optimistic" and will not stop dangerous climate change, experts from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research say. [News Source]

No, minister: mandarins frustrate Miliband’s green revolution. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband faces a battle of wills with senior civil servants still committed to cheap, fossil-fuel energy production. [News Source]

Fumigating your greenhouse could drive climate change. When it comes to fumigating greenhouses, there's now a tricky choice: wreck the ozone layer or accelerate global warming. [News Source]

Eco-friendly Lent: Catholics go light on carbon emissions. Some parishioners at St. Paul Newman Center in northeast Fresno, Calif., are giving up something unusual for Lent. They're sacrificing creature comforts for the good of Mother Earth. [News Source]

Carbon registry opens, key transfer process delayed. The Voluntary Carbon Standard Association launched its global multiple registry system on Tuesday, but delayed a key component which will enable carbon emission offsets to be transferred across registries. [News Source]

Governor unveils green jobs program for youths. In his latest effort to combat global warming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to enlist the state's hard-luck youth. [News Source]

Students ‘go green’ in San Francisco. Go Green, a program in San Francisco schools, gives high school students cell phones that can help them monitor how much carbon they're using. Many say it gives them incentive to walk more and drive less. [News Source]

Nature conservancy buys Shasta ranchland. Special hydrology of a Shasta River tributary, historically one of the most productive salmon streams in California, makes it exceptionally resistant to climate change. But cows were threatening it. [News Source]

Clean energy muddied by need for lots of land. President Barack Obama's vision of a clean energy future of wind farms and solar plants comes with a catch: It will require thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines to move energy from where it's most abundant to power-hungry urban centers. [News Source]