Research consortium studies air quality over Indian Ocean. An international research consortium funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) sent a fleet of aerial drones through pollution-filled skies over the Indian Ocean and achieved an important milestone in tracking pollutants responsible for dimming Earth's atmosphere. [News Source]

Pipeline faces delays, complaints in Turkey. Turkish villagers complain that the pipeline has caused damage to their land. [News Source]

Senator Carper advocates cleaning up Indian River power plant. Delaware Senator Tom Carper will soon introduce a bill that would require power plants to cut down on most of their mercury, nitrogen oxide, and carbon dioxide emissions and offer financial incentives to do so. [News Source]

Group collecting signatures to oppose coal-fired plant. A Great Falls grassroots organization is collecting signatures to oppose the coal-fired power plant proposed east of town. [News Source]

Learning from Chernobyl. Economists from California to Calcutta are saying that nuclear power needs to play a role in the future energy supply. Will it? The answer is a qualified yes — provided that governments absorb the true lesson of Chernobyl. [News Source]

When science was science. About 30 years ago, science pointed its solvent-stained finger at something that humans were doing wrong, something that would kill us if we kept it up. And the politicians listened. [News Source]

Seeing red over ‘green scare’. In 2004, Gore denounced President Bush for "playing on our fears." Today, he is at the forefront of a "green scare" about global warming intended to terrify Americans into submitting to his environmental policies. [News Source]

Youth groups warn Harper against cutting climate change funding (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) OTTAWA (CP) - Youth groups are warning Prime Minister Stephen Harper that Canada's future is at stake if he makes good on plans to cut climate change funding in the coming federal budget. [News Source]

Scientists call on Harper for climate change action (Canada.com) Media reports said the Conservatives plan to cut 80 per cent of Environment Canada programs aimed at curbing global warming, and slash climate-change budgets in other government departments by 40 per cent. [News Source]

Study suggests limits to global warming (UPI) DURHAM, N.C., April 20 (UPI) -- Duke University scientists say ancient and modern evidence suggests there are limits to future global warming. A Duke-led team ran some 1,000 computer simulations, covering 1,000 years, to obtain a long-range climate change assessment. [News Source]

Study predicts significant climate change (UPI) DURHAM, N.C., April 20 (UPI) -- A Duke University study says the earth will undergo significant climate change in the coming century but not as extreme as some fear due to global warming. [News Source]