Gasoline economy rule a bit tighter. It was easy to tell the victors from the vanquished when President Bush announced new Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations last week. [News Source]

Deadly seasons amplify turnout of storm experts. A who's who of experts will converge in Orlando today to discuss one of Florida's least favorite but most important topics: hurricanes. [News Source]

Business warms to change. Several large corporations have joined together to form the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change, a powerful new voice which wants business and government to respond more rapidly to inexorably rising world temperatures. [News Source]

Craft nears Venus to seek global warming clues. After getting little attention for more than a decade, Venus is about to receive a visiting spacecraft from Earth designed to investigate its dense, hot atmosphere for clues about runaway global warming that may shed light on potential changes here. [News Source]

EU countries warned to send emission plans on time. Europe's environment chief threatened on Friday to get tough with EU countries that miss a deadline for submitting emissions allocation plans spelling out how much carbon dioxide their factories may emit. [News Source]

Dissecting a world of trouble. The causes and consequences of global warming are still debated. But few still dispute its existence. [News Source]

Market forces aren’t saving the world. Joseph Romm, former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy, says most consumers, corporate executives and politicians "don't get" global warming because it's not hitting them over the head — yet. [News Source]

Arctic ice pack losing ground. The Arctic Ocean ice pack has not rebounded from record minimums recorded last summer, causing scientists to worry that the planet's global warming "canary in the coal mine" is in a tightening spiral of decline. [News Source]

Scientists count climate change costs. Scientists in Anchorage on Monday painted a gloomy picture of the effects of global warming on the Arctic, warning of melting ocean ice, rising oceans, thawed permafrost, and forests susceptible to bugs and fire. [News Source]

Silicon Valley venture capitalist sees growth in green technology. Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr is placing big bets on an emerging sector he calls "green technology," which he believes could one day be at least as big as information technology or biotechnology. [News Source]

Katrina bolsters Dutch devotion to new strategy on flood threat. The Dutch know that a third of their country's land mass lies below sea level and that another third is so low it would be regularly inundated without the extensive network of dikes and dams that tame the floodwaters. [News Source]