Australia not ‘a climate change outcast’. Green critics believe Australia will struggle to maintain credibility while it continues to expand its greenhouse emissions. [News Source]

Ads turn pollution into force for life. A little girl blows away dandelion fluff as an announcer says, "Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life," in an advertisement targeting global warming "alarmists" - especially Al Gore. [News Source]

PM keen on nuclear power. Prime Minister John Howard has intensified speculation that his government is considering nuclear power generation, saying global warming and high oil prices are making it inevitable. [News Source]

Australian nuclear power is inevitable. Australia, the holder of the world's largest-known uranium reserves, will eventually build a nuclear power industry, Prime Minister John Howard said. [News Source]

Rebels call nuke the new green. With oil and natural gas prices rising and traditional power sources like coal taking the heat for increased global temperatures, nuclear energy is winning support from an unlikely group: environmentalists. [News Source]

Nuclear energy officials see hope for industry. Bush says he aims for new nuclear power facilities to be built by the end of the decade, but radioactive waste disposal remains a problem. [News Source]

Texas has edge in FutureGen project. Texas, one of the seven states competing for the $1 billion FutureGen clean coal demonstration project, is willing to take legal responsibility for the carbon dioxide produced by the plant. [News Source]

House votes to keep offshore drilling ban . The House rejected an attempt late Thursday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling in 85 percent of the country's coastal waters despite arguments that the new supplies are needed to lower energy costs. [News Source]

Gov. Rendell helps celebrate opening of alternative gas source in Lititz. Pennsylvania gas station is first in the northeastern United States to offer E85 and biodiesel for automobiles. [News Source]

Livermore lab’s ‘nanotube’ work could help curb plant emissions. Microscopic tubes made of carbon could provide a cheaper way to remove salt from sea water and to separate carbon dioxide from power plant emissions, one small step toward curbing global warming. [News Source]

Under fire, Exxon Mobil touts environmental record. Exxon Mobil Corp. in a report said it cut oil and other spills by 20 percent last year to the lowest level in its history, touting its environmental record as it works to shake off its corporate villain image. [News Source]