Air trends ‘amplifying’ warming. Reduced air pollution and increased water evaporation appear to be adding to man-made global warming. [News Source]

Arctic water flow speeding up. One of Siberia's largest rivers is dumping about 10% more fresh water into the Arctic today than it was 60 years ago. That's in line with predictions of how climate change would alter the Arctic water cycle, and is a worrying sign. [News Source]

The heat on Ecuador. While many of the glaciers on the globe have been gradually retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-19th century, the process has accelerated rapidly in the last 50 years. [News Source]

Clean air law enacted. After fighting similar legislation for two years, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed a bill yesterday that will make Maryland one of a handful of states taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [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]

Melting ice roads disrupt Canada’s supply lines. Unusually warm weather has melted ice roads in the Canadian Arctic, forcing their early closure and disrupting supplies to mines, exploration sites and remote communities. [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]

Brazil seals biggest carbon credit deal with KFW. A Brazilian firm on Thursday sealed the world's biggest carbon credit contract registered so far for an existing pro-environment project. [News Source]

City isn’t idle. The Williams Lake manager of shared services, Danny Moxie, isn't idle when it comes to taking a stand on global warming. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs stem cell, pollution bills. Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich has signed a bill to fund stem-cell research and, in a surprise move, signed legislation to limit air pollution from the state's power plants. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs Healthy Air Act into law. Governor Robert Ehrlich signed a bill to enact the nation’s strongest controls on power plant emissions, which would require the seven dirtiest power plants in Maryland to reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause smog, soot, and mercury contamination of fish. [News Source]