Yreka High School Graduate to talk on Global Warming (Siskiyou Daily News) WEED — Peter Weiss, Ph.D., will address the issue of Global Warming, and outline strategies to slow it down, at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 10, at the College of the Siskiyous, Weed Campus McCloud Hall, Rm. 12. [News Source]

Giant grass to get larger role in UK energy supply. Fields of swaying giant grass and patchwork patterns of willow plantations could become common sights in Britain as the country turns to crops for heating and electricity to tackle the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Britain gives go-ahead for Sizewell nuclear shutdown. Britain on Thursday gave the go-head for decommissioning of one of its oldest nuclear power stations, a process expected to take more than a century to complete. [News Source]

Conferees tout growth in wind and solar power. A new Pennsylvania energy policy is depending heavily on the integration of renewable energy sources and aims to help surmount the problem of global climate change. [News Source]

New Jersey governor warned about warming. As people throughout New Jersey gassed up for Memorial Day, environmentalists urged Gov. Corzine on Thursday to enact tough measures to combat global warming. [News Source]

U.S., Chinese scientists express concern about global warming. Against the fact that the global climate is being warmed rapidly by human-produced greenhouse gases, scientists warned on Tuesday that the situation of climate change in the future has reached a point of extreme gravity. [News Source]

A call to reduce global warming. Environmental advocates warn of a rise in sea level of between two and four feet by 2100 along the New Jersey shore if nothing is done about global warming. [News Source]

Environmentalists warn of a wetter, smaller Jersey. Environmental activists yesterday warned that by 2100 1 percent to 3 percent of the Garden State could be under water and 6 percent to 9 percent vulnerable to chronic flooding and urged state officials commit to reducing air pollution that contributes to global warming. [News Source]

Funding deficit threatens Kyoto CO2 trade - UN body. A lack of funding could stall a key plank in the Kyoto Protocol helping Western countries to meet their greenhouse gas emission targets, UN officials overseeing the process said on Thursday. [News Source]

Global green-fuel project moves forward. The European Union, the US, Russia and Asian states including China signed a treaty yesterday to build the first nuclear-fusion reactor. [News Source]

Situation in sinking Tuvalu scary, says PM. Low-lying nations such as Tuvalu are slowing slipping under the waves and only dramatic steps, such as legal action against big polluter the United States, might stem the tide, Tuvalu Prime Minister Maatia Toafa said on Thursday. [News Source]