‘More bad news’ on climate change. More bad news on climate change is expected as more than 2,000 climate scientists gather in Copenhagen. They will be trying to pull together the latest research on global warming ahead of political negotiations later in the year. [News Source]

Climate scientists gather, and the news is not good. Only months before make-or-break UN climate talks in Copenhagen, an extraordinary conclave of climate scientists gathering on Tuesday are expected to warn that global warming is accelerating more quickly than forecast by a key UN report for policymakers. [News Source]

Prince Charles pushes eco-agenda in Latin America. Britain's Prince Charles dived into the first full day of a Latin America tour Monday, visiting Chile's capital and preparing a speech set to highlight his concern over climate change. [News Source]

Fast-growing Western US cities face water crisis. From paying customers to replace grass lawns with desert landscaping to charging homeowners high rates for high use, water officials in the U.S. West are chasing down squandered water a gallon at a time. Nowhere is the sense of crisis more visible than on the outskirts of Las Vegas. [News Source]

EPA proposes national greenhouse gas emissions registry. The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed establishing a nationwide system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, a program that could serve as the basis for a federal cap on the buildup of carbon and other gases linked to global warming. [News Source]

Sea levels rising twice as fast as predicted. Sea levels are predicted to rise twice as fast as was forecast by the United Nations only two years ago, threatening hundreds of millions of people with catastrophe, scientists said yesterday in a dramatic new warning about climate change. [News Source]

Salt surge puts crops in peril. In an obscure village perched on the rugged coastline along the Bay of Bengal, climate change exudes a taste – the taste of salt. [News Source]

Canada’s carbon sink has sprung a leak. In just a decade, exploding beetle populations and a rise in wildfires have flipped Canada’s boreal forest from its longstanding role as a natural carbon vacuum to that of a giant tailpipe emitting up to 245 million tons of CO2 each year. [News Source]

Can a change in the weather really alter your health? Historically, attempts to find links between environmental factors and health, have tried to statistically 'cancel out' the effects of the weather. Only recently has the weather itself been put centre stage in studies attempting to find out why certain things happen to our bodies. [News Source]

Hot air linked to headaches, but how? Researchers compared environmental factors, such as temperature, air pollution, and barometric pressure. They found that the risk of severe headache increases about 7.5 percent for each temperature increment of about 9 degrees Fahrenheit. [News Source]

Energy Dept. said to err on coal project. The Energy Department made a $500 million math error a year ago when it withdrew its support from a “near-zero emissions” coal plant in Illinois. [News Source]