U.K. government ‘lagging on climate.’ An all-party Environment Committee praised Tony Blair's government for promoting international efforts against climate change, but said it was still failing to curb emissions at home. [News Source]

Al Gore: Eco matinee idol? Climate-change scientists who have seen Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth' say that the main thrust of the presentation is correct, although they do disagree with details here and there. [News Source]

Climate alert spurs nuclear debate. Global temperatures will rise by three times as much as many scientists had estimated. The Howard Government is taking this as cause to support nuclear power in Australia. [News Source]

Wall St. develops the tools to invest in climate change. Pure profit-and-loss players are moving in, 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]

Australian Study Says Global Warming Speeding Up (Environmental News Network) CANBERRA — 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]

Bush snubs Gore film on global warming (Contra Costa Times) 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, any day to show Bush either his documentary or a slide show on global warming that he's shown more than 1,000 times around the world. [News Source]

‘Green chemistry’ hitting the market. Decades of toxic spills and pollution have caused a backlash against the notion that chemistry can improve daily life, but "green chemistry" is catching on-- even in big business labs. [News Source]