The problem with global-warming cures (NorthJersey.com) THANKS TO Al Gore's movie, the global-warming debate is back on our political radar screen. We can let the scientists sort out the accuracy of his vision of a world tilting toward ruin. [News Source]

FRIDAY’S LETTERS: ‘NYT’ Ire, Coulter and Swift, What Global Warming? (Editor & Publisher) NEW YORK In today's letters, anger at the New York Times over the bank records scoop controversy, some thoughts on Ann Coulter's syndicate, and a rebuttal to Greg Mitchell's article on global warming. [News Source]

A refinery clears the air to grow roses. A few miles north of Rotterdam, in a region the Dutch call "glass city" for its thousands of greenhouses, gardeners are part of an unconventional experiment by Royal Dutch Shell to curb carbon emissions. [News Source]

Harvest yields global warning. Previous plant experiments led most researchers to forecast that global warming might lead to improved crop yields. New research challenges that belief. [News Source]

Ford abandons pledge on hybrid production. Ford Motor Co. has dropped a pledge to build 250,000 gas-electric hybrid cars per year by the end of the decade, saying it will expand into other fuel-saving technologies. [News Source]

Global warming may lead to colder winters in Britain. Greenland's melting glaciers have the power to change Britain's climate because of the way they can interfere with the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic, which keeps winters relatively mild. [News Source]

Yes, it’s been getting warmer in here since the CO2 began to rise. The last decades of the 20th century were most likely warmer than any comparable period in the past 1000 years. [News Source]

Northeast US floods stir global warming debate. Images of swamped homes in the US Northeast deepened suspicions over global warming, giving ammunition to scientists and others who say greenhouse gas-spewing cars and factories are fueling extreme weather. [News Source]

Spring is early, and so are the birds. Spring is coming earlier to Europe, thanks to global warming. And at least some birds have adjusted to the change. [News Source]

Project asks Canadians to imagine 2020. Nearly a quarter of Canadians think global warming will be the single biggest challenge facing the country by the year 2020, according to a poll commissioned by the Dominion Institute. [News Source]

Global warming top worry: Poll. A national poll identified global warming, the environment, pollution and the need for new energy technologies as leading concerns for Canadians. [News Source]