Climate change threatens California. Governor Schwarzenegger recognizes that global warming threatens California's natural resources, the health of its citizens and the economy. [News Source]

Climate change will test resiliency of our ecosystems. Eight years after Eastern Ontario's greatest disaster, the ice storm of 1998, injured trees are still dying. [News Source]

Nation’s dependence on oil could lead to economic crisis. Energy efficienty but not nuclear energy discussed at Associated Press annual meeting. [News Source]

California standards will help everyone. The Bush administration continues to be deep in denial regarding the crucial issue of global climate change. But the good news is that more states are stepping in to fill the gap. [News Source]

Kyoto hopes vanish. Canada can't meet its Kyoto targets, the new environment minister says, noting emissions are heading in the wrong direction. [News Source]

Muslim leaders vow support for conservation efforts. Indonesia's Foresty Minister urges religious leaders to encourage followers to become active conservationists for deforested lands. [News Source]

EU states warned on missing emission plan deadline. Europe's environment chief threatened yesterday to get tough with EU countries that miss a deadline for submitting emissions allocation plans. [News Source]

Berks landfill gets OK for gas-to-energy plant. Despite objections by Berks County, Conestoga Landfill’s gas-to-energy project has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. [News Source]

Students from across southeast convene over clean energy. More than 150 student activists from the Carolinas, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee met and swapped stories of success and strategy. [News Source]

Maryland joins states breaking with Bush on CO2. Maryland has become the eighth state to join a pact seeking mandatory limits on carbon dioxide emissions, the governor's office said on Friday. [News Source]

Feel the heat. With the Bush administration unwilling to impose carbon limits, California is leading the state and local level charge against global warming with proposed legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]