Westly Calls on Automakers to Address Climate Change (SYS-CON Media) Controller Steve Westly and the InvestorNetwork on Climate Risk today called on the world's largest automakers toaddress their role in global climate change and the effects it could haveon their profits. [News Source]

Canada wants into Asia-Pacific Partnership on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada wants to join the Asia-Pacific Partnership on climate change, a non-binding alternative to the Kyoto Protocol which has been criticized by environmentalists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. [News Source]

Canada wants to join Asia-Pacific pact on climate change: PM (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada wishes to join the Asia-Pacific Partnership on climate change, a non-binding pact criticized by environmentalists and an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. [News Source]

Effects of global warming cited (Pioneer Press) Many Minnesota hunters and anglers say they already see the effects of a warming atmosphere, and most believe climate change will hurt the state's fish and wildlife populations. [News Source]

Nuclear backers’ energy surges / They say alternative would ease concern over global warming (San Francisco Chronicle) The nuclear power industry, benefiting from fears of global warming, now faces its best chance in years to overcome skeptics and build plants, proponents said Thursday at a San Francisco convention. Nuclear power's ability to create large amounts of... [News Source]

Discussion slated on climate change (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) PETERSHAM - International rainforest advocate and author John Seed and global warming researcher Ross Gelbspan will present a program on climate change tomorrow in Davis Hall in the Petersham Unitarian Church. [News Source]

Effects of global warming cited (Pioneer Press) Many Minnesota hunters and anglers say they already see the effects of a warming atmosphere, and most believe climate change will hurt the state's fish and wildlife populations. [News Source]

Poll: Hunters, anglers fear global warming’s impact (Duluth News Tribune) Many Minnesota hunters and anglers say they already are seeing the effects of a warming atmosphere, and most believe climate change will hurt the state's fish and wildlife populations. [News Source]

Exxon Mobil investors want to meet on global warming (Houston Chronicle) A group of pension funds and institutional investors on Thursday accused Exxon Mobil Corp. of failing to act on global warming concerns and demanded a meeting with the company's board. [News Source]

Australia defends leadership of new climate-change body (AFP via Yahoo! News) Environment Minister Ian Campbell has defended Australia's place at the head of a new international climate change body despite its refusal to sign the Kyoto agreement. [News Source]

Pension funds seek meeting with Exxon over global warming (phillyburbs.com) DALLAS - Pension fund trustees from seven states and New York City on Thursday demanded to meet with Exxon Mobil Corp.'s independent directors to discuss what they called the oil company's failure to consider how concern over global warming could affect energy companies. [News Source]