US utilities’ CO2 emissions up since 1990: report. U.S. electric utilities' emissions of pollutants that cause acid rain and smog have fallen sharply since the federal government adopted stricter standards in 1990, but greenhouse gas emissions have risen in that time. [News Source]

Expert says carbon cap could revive nuke power. As electric utilities look at new power plants for the next 30 years, overwhelmingly they are plowing money into burning pulverized coal — cheap, abundant domestically and full of carbon dioxide. [News Source]

China, Australia and the export of uranium. The uranium export deal signed between China and Australia on April 3 is seen as foreshadowing a major expansion in Australian uranium mining, capped since the Labor government in 1984 instituted it's three mines only policy. [News Source]

Scientist: let cows be cows. Meteorologist Augie Auer says farmers needn't beat themselves up about the possibility their animals are contributing to global warming. [News Source]

EU agrees on greenhouse gas legislation. The European Parliament passed a law today requiring refrigerators, air conditioning units and other products to carry warning labels if they contain fluorinated gases blamed for contributing to global warming. [News Source]

Carbon dioxide emissions on the rise. Carbon dioxide emissions by the nation's 100 largest electric power producers are increasing and will likely continue to rise over the next 25 years. [News Source]

Urban renewal is good for everyone, expert asserts. Investing in older cities, rather than digging deeper into suburbia, is consistent with a global economy, a hedge against global warming by getting people out of their cars, and an antidote to racism and discrimination. [News Source]

Cameron’s green ideas under fire. A central plank of David Cameron's bid to modernise the Conservatives has come under fire with two prominent Tories questioning aspects of the party's green re-brand. [News Source]

Japanese companies go green for profit. Many Japanese firms have launched projects that will earn them greenhouse gas emission credits, credits that may result in hefty profits when nations start buying them up this fiscal year. [News Source]

How many more lives will Chernobyl claim? The cloud of radiation spewed out by the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl 20 years ago could kill up to 60,000 people - 15 times as many as officially estimated. [News Source]

Palestinians dispute UNEP findings on Israeli pullout. Palestinians cites sewage spill and contaminated building rubble as sources of environmental damage. [News Source]