Tax on chopsticks shows environmental concern. A new five percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks is a sure sign that the Chinese government is now ready to address growing charges that its rapid economic development is impacting the global environment. [News Source]

Seattle has got enough water until 2060. New sophisticated computer modeling tools indicate there should be enough water to serve Seattle and its suburban customers through 2060 with no need for new reservoirs or water sources. [News Source]

Climate disaster. Much attention has been paid to the consequences of global warming in the polar regions because change there is visible, but less visible is the destruction of ecosystems underwater. [News Source]

Forecast for prairies: Drier than a dust bowl. The Prairies are almost certain to experience future droughts far worse than the dry period that turned the region into a dust bowl during the 1930s. [News Source]

Speaker, governor’s team propose limits on greenhouse gases. California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez introduced legislation Monday to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, oil refineries and other industrial sources. [News Source]

State democrats get tough on emissions. Democratic lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at controlling industrial emissions of greenhouse gas, setting up a possible showdown with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-- and the federal government. [News Source]

Climate change on the flip side. Global warming makes the headlines, but at least part of the world has been getting cooler over the last half-century, and migratory birds are noticing. [News Source]

Evangelicals and environmentalists united. The US National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group that encompasses 45,000 churches and 40 per cent of the Republican Party, considers advocating immediate action on climate change. [News Source]

Global warming’s California impact studied. California has issued a report on the threat of global warming, detailing scientific findings and policy recommendations for reducing state emissions. [News Source]

California bill seeks to limit global-warming gases. California would become the first state in the U.S. to require power plants, oil refineries and other businesses to cut their emissions of gases that contribute to global warming under a bill introduced by Democrats. [News Source]

California aims to limit emissions of gases. California on Monday stepped up efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming. [News Source]