Gore’s plea on climate change wins ovation (Guardian Unlimited) Books: Former US vice-president makes impassioned plea at Hay festival to act on climate change before it is too late. [News Source]

EU Tells Citizens to Help Fight Climate Change (Planet Ark) BRUSSELS - The European Commission urged citizens in the 25-nation European Union on Monday to turn off the lights, defrost the fridge, and put on some walking shoes in an effort to fight global warming. [News Source]

Alaska the ‘poster state’ for climate concerns (USA Today) Alaska has emerged as the poster state for global warming, the climate effect attributed to higher concentrations of "greenhouse" gases mostly carbon dioxide created by burning fossil fuels that capture the sun's heat in the atmosphere. Since the 1970s, climate change has doubled the state's growing season in some places and raised state temperatures 6 degrees in the winter and 3.5 on average [News Source]

Gore in climate change plea (BBC News) Ex-US vice-president Al Gore admits he has failed to get his climate change message across in the past, in a UK speech. [News Source]

Gore in Hay climate change plea (BBC News) Ex-US vice-president Al Gore admits he has failed to get his climate change message across in the past, in a speech at the Hay Festival. [News Source]

Study: global warming boosts poison ivy (USA Today) Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday. And a CO2-driven vine also produces more of its rash-causing chemical, conclude experiments by Duke University. [News Source]

Study: global warming boosts poison ivy (AP via Yahoo! News) Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday. [News Source]

Fill ‘er up with corn and politics. Have you been infected yet? I mean with ethanol mania? [News Source]

Gore’s latest campaign. An Inconvenient Truth - in which the two-term vice president of the United States warns that global warming is a profound threat - is full of charts, graphs and ominous statistics about rising carbon dioxide levels and melting ice caps. [News Source]

Promote dialogue on energy co-operation. Global warming and damage to the environment starting from the 1990s have gradually raised humankind's awareness of energy consumption security and environmental protection. The solution lies in cementing co-operation and in the joint efforts of all countries. [News Source]

Honda gives diesel a cleaning. Honda Motor, aiming to build the first diesel car that meets pollution rules across the United States, has patented a new method to curb smog-forming gases. [News Source]