In the Bush administration, the spin doctors spit on science. Repeatedly, from global warming to salmon protection to reproductive medicine, experts have charged that the administration tries to muscle scientific facts as if they were reluctant congressmen. [News Source]

Church leaders trying to tackle global warming. Average temperatures are going up. The polar ice fields are shrinking, and the glaciers that cover most of Greenland are eroding. What's going on? [News Source]

Not every scientific theory as hot as global warming. Scientists keep gathering more evidence about global warming, and the story keeps running, nearly 20 years after the first stories hit the front pages and then receded. [News Source]

Rivers looking a lot cleaner today. Governor Corzine addressed the crowd as well -- inside the warmth of a nearby office building -- and marked Earth Day by announcing a new office, director of energy savings, designed to help state government cut its energy bills and boost recycling. [News Source]

Mayor’s goal: Give L.A. a dash of green. L.A.'s Million Tree Initiative aims to root enough trees around schools and along city streets and the Los Angeles River to allow residents to experience what a difference a tree makes. [News Source]

Alberta hell-bent on becoming as dry as a California desert. The environment is at the bottom of Alberta's to-do list which shows just one job, really: Get the oil and gas out now. [News Source]

Scientists look at possible climate changes and their effects on the Valley. Extended forecast: Unbearable heat, diminishing water supply, more frequent and devastating wildfires, and eradication of indigenous plants and animals in the Phoenix area. [News Source]

UW satellite awaits launch. A $200 million University of Washington satellite will help scientists investigate the role of clouds and haze-making particles -- smoke, desert dust, pollution from burning fossil fuels and volcanic ash -- on global warming. [News Source]

Green Dave takes his new eco-car for a spin (and tells his environment spokesman the Porsche must go). The Tory leader is using his choice of official car for maximum PR advantage, staging a special test drive of his new Lexus GS 450h. [News Source]

Teens tackle global warming. Six Alaska teenagers will descend on the nation's capital this week with a message to Congress: Do something to combat the effects of global warming in the 49th state. [News Source]

Cal panel gives grim prognosis for Earth. Outside had all the makings of a beautiful Earth Day. Inside, however, at the inaugural event of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment, there was nothing but doom and gloom for the future. [News Source]