Smithsonian tackles global warming. 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]

Energy conservation can prevent greenhouse effect. The metro Atlanta area, including Gainesville, is under a federal mandate to reduce air pollution from soot and ground-level ozone. The measures taken to correct Atlanta's other pollution problems could also prevent global warming and save money for consumers. [News Source]

Hotter world. According to the most optimistic predictions about global warming the world’s temperature is set to rise by 3 degrees Celsius, putting up to 400 million people at risk of hunger, the British government’s chief scientist has warned. [News Source]

Diver on a rope in the hole at top of the sea. Any day now, not too far from the North Pole, Seattle scientist Jim Osse will disappear into a hole in the ice atop the Arctic Ocean. Osse literally has gone to the end of the Earth to gather information on how global warming is affecting the planet. [News Source]

Global warming debate heats up over hurricane intensity. The National Hurricane Center's annual conference in Orlando, FL, Friday culminated in a debate about a hot issue: global warming's link to hurricane intensity. [News Source]

Governor takes aim at global warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced last week that he was backing a panel's proposal to curb emissions of gases believed to cause global warming by as much as 25 percent by 2020. [News Source]

Ethanol plant may come to central Pa. Environmental protection official says Pennsylvania is close to getting its first ethanol plant and could become the nation's largest producer of soy-based fuel additives within a year. [News Source]

Despite critics, ethanol boom is building. For most consumers outside a few Midwestern states, finding a gas station with ethanol is almost as hard as finding one dispensing futuristic fuels like hydrogen or those derived from beets or animal fat. [News Source]

MPs warn of future power blackouts. Britain could face widespread electricity black-outs unless there is urgent investment in a new fleet of gas-fired power stations, MPs have warned. [News Source]

Blair dealt nuclear power blow by parliament body. A British parliamentary committee on Sunday rejected any government dash for nuclear power to meet Britain's looming energy needs, delivering an apparent blow to Prime Minister Tony Blair. [News Source]

Four ways Mr Cameron can save the world. There are many good reasons for David Cameron to travel to the Arctic this week to learn more about global warming. [News Source]