Museums Take Different Views on Climate Change (NPR) Global warming is a hot-button issue in the nation's capital. Two museums in Washington, D.C. -- the Smithsonian and the National Academy of Sciences -- are tackling the phenomenon in very different ways. One links it to natural warming cycles in the Arctic, the other to harmful interference by humans. [News Source]

Polar explorer Albert of Monaco warns on global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Prince Albert II of Monaco reached the North Pole after a four-day journey by huskies over the frozen land, warning that the Arctic exploration offered a grim view of the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Polar explorer Albert of Monaco warns on global warming (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Prince Albert II of Monaco reached the North Pole after a four-day journey by huskies over the frozen land, warning that the Arctic exploration offered a grim view of the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Smithsonian takes hard look at global warming (The Monterey County Herald) While hammering home the impact of global warming and the potential harm "to life on Earth," two Smithsonian Institution exhibits opening this weekend carefully sidestep the hot political issue of what should be done. [News Source]

Some 25 per cent of Canadians think global warming will kill the planet: poll (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) MONTREAL (CP) - About one-quarter of Canadians believe global warming will lead to the destruction of the planet, a new opinion poll suggests. [News Source]

Saving planet is now a necessity. Acting to save the planet is no longer merely a personal virtue. It is a necessity to compensate for an almost unfathomable, horrific truth: Humans are damaging the earth so severely that our days are probably numbered. [News Source]

BHP plan poses real risks. BHP's proposal has profound implications for Ventura County residents and all Californians, the full range of which must be considered before we allow this unprecedented alteration of our energy infrastructure and our coastal environment. [News Source]

Are the dangers of global warming overhyped? Yes. Nowhere is the yawning gap between science and alarmism better illustrated these days than the rancorous, decade-long debate over the extent of human contribution to global warming — which, pardon the pun, is on the verge of boiling over. [News Source]

Sacred activism. Both liberals and conservatives agree that this world is a mess and that we must take urgent action to prevent great catastrophes. [News Source]

Are the dangers of global warming overhyped? No. The media have paid relatively scant serious attention to scientifically proven evidence that manmade production of greenhouse gases has resulted in a potentially catastrophic increase in global atmospheric and sea temperatures. [News Source]

A warm reception for climate panel . Juneau and Mayor Bruce Botelho deserve praise for recognizing what all Alaskans soon will - that the Last Frontier is on the front lines of global climate change. [News Source]