One paradise. We are the first species to become a geophysical force, altering the Earth's climate, a role previously reserved for tectonics, sun flares, and glacial cycles. [News Source]

Reduce global warming, right here. Northeastern anti-pollution plans will help, but local homeowners and businesses can do their part, too. [News Source]

Disservice to the Great Lakes. To blithely dismiss Great Lakes clean-up needs now is to court future public health and safety problems for a full one-tenth of the American people. [News Source]

Keep on truckin’. As General Motors tries to get out from under crushing losses by offering buyouts to union workers, it's worth remembering that this was exactly what Congress hoped to avoid by resisting efforts to force U.S. automakers to raise their fuel-efficiency standards. [News Source]

Make joint bid for $1B power plant. Ohio and Kentucky are competing against each other and other states to be picked as the site for an almost $1 billion power plant to test advanced clean-coal technology. [News Source]

Ski bummer: a threat to our slippery slopes. America's winter resorts could play a useful role in the nation's frustrating political debate over global warming and the U.S. addiction to fossil fuels. [News Source]

AECL warns of energy shortfall. Ontario could face an energy shortfall if the provincial government doesn't soon give the green light to build new nuclear plants. [News Source]

Citizens urged to conserve water. The Guyana Water Incorporated is urging citizens to reduce water wastage. [News Source]

Time honours Indian eco warriors. Among the top environmentalists worldwide whose efforts have been highly commended by Time magazine are India's Sunita Narain and Bhure Lal. [News Source]

Iceland aims to bury global warming. Iceland is now planning to test another natural resource - its basalt rocks - to see if they can be used to safely bury carbon dioxide gas emissions before they harm the atmosphere. [News Source]

Adopt a beach to help clean up the coasts. Coastal communities are to be asked to "adopt" their local beach after it emerged that Scotland has some of the most polluted bathing waters in Europe. [News Source]