Gore Says He’s Focusing on Global Warming, Not ‘08 Presidential Run (Washington Post) Al Gore, the Democrats' nominee for the White House in 2000, says he has all but ruled out running for president in 2008, saying the best use of his time is to educate people about global warming. [News Source]

Children “Brainwashed” on Climate Change (Scoop.co.nz) The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) is misleading New Zealand children about human-caused climate change and its effects, according to New Zealand Climate Change Coalition. [News Source]

Deserts face climate change threat (Aljazeera) The world's deserts are under threat as never before, with climate change making lack of water an even bigger problem for the planet's last great wildernesses, a UN report says. [News Source]

U.N. report warns of increasing threat to world’s deserts due to global warming (The Star Online) LONDON (AP) - The world's deserts are under threat as never before, with climate change making lack of water an even bigger problem for the planet's last great wildernesses, a U.N. report released Monday said. [News Source]

A mixed bag — scientific community remains inconclusive about effects of global warming. Most people agree that global temperatures have risen in recent decades, but no one seems to know how that rise will affect the Rio Grande Valley. [News Source]

Hummer drivers deserve a break in gas prices. Who better to reward with a guaranteed price break on gasoline than drivers of fuel fiends? [News Source]

Global opportunity. The effect of global warming on Floridians - hurricanes and rising sea levels that will devour parts of our state - will be intensely local. But the global economic and leadership opportunities it offers our state are profound. [News Source]

In Florida, global warming too important for partisanship. 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]

Stem the tide. North Carolina's coastal counties are being spoiled by rampant development. Preventive measures need to be taken, soon. [News Source]

Junketing judges: A case of bad science. Just how far will corporate lobbyists go to tilt governmental decisions in their favor? [News Source]

Greenhouse-gas goobers. Bush's logic was nonsensical. The debate over whether greenhouse gas buildup is natural or man-made can't just be put aside. Either burning fossil fuels is making the Earth warmer, or it's not. [News Source]