NASA offers new media policy after censorship flap. NASA unveiled a new policy for dealing with the media on Thursday, after accusations it had censored space agency scientists on global warming and the origins of the universe. [News Source]

NASA will encourage `culture of openness’ about scientific data. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced new guidelines on information Thursday that allow top agency scientists to speak out on such controversial issues as global warming. [News Source]

Seattle Steam switching from gas to wood fuel. One of modern-day Seattle's biggest suppliers of heat plans to switch from natural gas to wood. [News Source]

Sempra drops coal power projects. Sempra Energy said it abandoned plans to build coal-fired power plants in Nevada and Idaho in the face of strong opposition. [News Source]

Science vs. politics. A respect for context should have led reporters and commentators to emphasize that the problems of James Hansen at NASA were as nothing compared to the problems of William Happer. [News Source]

A drop in the bucket. Administration's new fuel economy standards will help, but not nearly enough to loosen oil's grip on U.S. [News Source]

Baton Rouge as beach town. While beachfront property is often a hot commodity in real estate circles, we are not exactly overjoyed by the news that Baton Rouge could be a coastal city by the year 2500. [News Source]

Japan turns out the lights! Japan's Environment Ministry has a new rule aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions: lights out at 8 pm. [News Source]

Climate deal to fail without US, China and India: Blair British Prime Minister Tony Blair called Wednesday for an international agreement on tackling climate change, but warned that any deal would fail unless it included the United States, China and India. [News Source]

States move to cut greenhouse gases. The argument about global warming is over - the question is how can we reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases. [News Source]

CO2 emissions rose in 2005. The British government on Thursday said the country's emissions of carbon dioxide crept up last year in the third consecutive annual increase. [News Source]