Rice research in next 10 yrs to focus on global warming, drought (Financial Express) OVERCOMING climate change and drought will be the main focus of efforts to boost rice yields in the next 10 years, the International Rice Research Institute said Thursday. [News Source]

Fighting our flush fixation. Once the most generic of features in commercial buildings, toilets loom as the earth-friendly builder's final frontier. [News Source]

Going to extremes to fight global warming. Imagine the world getting so hot that scientists and engineers would design a fleet of 55,000 mirrors, each bigger than Manhattan, and send them into space to deflect sunlight away from Earth. [News Source]

Mass. is urged to lead the way on wind farms. As opposition swirls around proposals for giant wind farms off the Massachusetts coast, other states are beginning to ease the path to such projects with state-sponsored initiatives designed to fast-track development. [News Source]

Green boasts skip dark side of palm oil, ecologists say. Japanese environmentalists are taking issue with TV commercials that boast only the ecological merits of palm oil's use as a fuel. [News Source]

Look to the states for cleaner air. Over the last few years, the states have done a better job of cleaning the air and protecting public health than the federal government has. [News Source]

Strip politics from global warming issue. One of the tactics most often used by the oil industry and others who oppose controlling global warming pollution is to try to reduce the debate to partisan politics -- to make it into a so-called wedge issue that divides Republicans and Democrats. [News Source]

Trashing the environment. It's time to place environmental protection at the top of the priority list for national action. [News Source]

Cheer up! Report sees business opportunities un world climate change (Lincoln Journal Star) DALLAS — Human-induced global warming threatens civilization with economic woe, coastal destruction, monster storms, deadly droughts and other challenges. [News Source]