Wall St. Develops the Tools to Invest in Climate Change (New York Times) Pure profit-and-loss players are betting that Washington will someday clamp down on emitters of carbon dioxide and other gases that are believed to contribute to global.warming [News Source]

Minnesota native on the front lines of global warming (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) As a medical epidemiologist with the state of Alaska, Dr. Joe McLaughlin has worked in some of the world's most remote villages. He's treated dogs, mushers and spectators along the Iditarod sled-dog race course, and set up a laboratory in a tent for a week at a base camp on North America's highest mountain. He also has found himself on one of the leading edges of global warming science. In 2004, [News Source]

Pres. Bush likely to snub Al Gore’s film on global warming (USA Today) President Bush is unlikely to see Al Gore's documentary about global warming when it opens in theaters Wednesday. Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, chronicles his efforts to bring greater attention to the dangers of climate change. [News Source]

Global warming may exceed predictions (The Age) On thin ice: A boat makes its way through the icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. Scientists say the ice is melting, with many blaming global warming. Photo: John McConnico [News Source]

Bush Snubs Gore’s Global Warming Film (CBS News) Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about global warming? "Doubt it," Mr. Bush said. The president and Gore have had bitter disagreements about the environment and other issues. [News Source]

Global warming may exceed predictions (The Age) On thin ice: A boat makes its way through the icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. Scientists say the ice is melting, with many blaming global warming. Photo: John McConnico [News Source]

Report: Global warming ’speeding up’ (Daily Mail) Global warming could be happening faster than scientists had previously thought and weather extremes such as heatwaves could become common, a shocking report by the Australian government has claimed [News Source]

Australian study says global warming speeding up (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Global warming could be happening faster than scientists had previously thought and weather extremes such as heatwaves could become common, an Australian government report said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Global warming predictions are underestimated say scientists (Guardian Unlimited) May 23: Climate change models have dramatically underestimated the extent to which global warming will raise temperatures, scientists warned yesterday. [News Source]

Bush Snubs Gore Film on Global Warming (San Francisco Chronicle) Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about global warming? "Doubt it," Bush said coolly Monday. But Bush should watch it, Gore shot back. In fact, the former Democratic vice president offered to come to the White House any time,... [News Source]

Forget drought: first we have to end this cowardice. Our early brush with climate change shows what an unequivocal scandal the privatisation of water represents. [News Source]