Reporter criticizes climate coverage. As a reporter, Andrew Revkin has written about the shrinking rain forests in Brazil and the shrinking amount of ice on the North Pole, visiting both places. [News Source]

Scientists breed rice to defy climate change. Scientists are developing new flood and drought-prone rice varieties to combat the threat of global warming to Asia's food staple but more work is needed. [News Source]

Energy Advisory Board abolished. The Department of Energy's decision to disband its principal scientific advisory committee next month is the latest example of the Bush Administration's refusal to listen to outside, independent scientific advice [News Source]

As the price of gasoline takes off, oil and auto firms trade barbs. The chicken-and-egg fights have common themes: The oil industry argues the auto industry should clean up its cars, and the auto industry argues the oil industry should clean up its fuel. [News Source]

An empowering idea. Across Snohomish County and the state, there are those with their meters running backward as they feed electricity back into the grid-- and potentially into your home. [News Source]

Governor: Go slow in fight on warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for California to become a leader in combatting global warming but cautioned that the state should move slowly in imposing controls on industries that emit greenhouse gases. [News Source]