Water quest shifts course . A powerful thirst is building in Southern California as forecasters predict the addition of about 2 million new households in the region over the next 20 years. [News Source]

Inconvenient truth, a sequel. Unfortunately, as Gore jets around the world promoting his movie, he continues to argue that central planning on an international scale is the only appropriate response to rising temperatures. [News Source]

Time is running out for action on global warming. As Americans become increasingly concerned about global warming, they are wondering what they can do about it, and where national leadership is on this critical issue. [News Source]

U.S. foot-dragging fuels global warming. Tomorrow it will be 14 years since Bush père signed the Framework Convention, and the U.S. remains committed, in theory at least, to avoiding dangerous climate change. Unfortunately, it's hard to square this commitment with what has actually happened in the meantime. [News Source]

To stave off global warming disasters, Americans must alter meat-based diets. We are what we eat, not only in terms of our health but also in terms of the effect of our food choices on the environment. [News Source]

Does America’s appetite for meat contribute to global warming? Breeding fears of a changing climate and food raised “unnaturally," promoters of vegetarianism and organic foods argue that we should go vegan, or eat “organic’’ to save the planet. [News Source]

Does America’s appetite for meat contribute to global warming? We are what we eat, not only in terms of our health but also in terms of the effect of our food choices on the environment. [News Source]

Warming to a candidacy? "Less than 10 years." That, Al Gore warns, is all the time that "leading scientists" say we may have "before we cross a point of no return" -- unless we make a "really good start toward dramatic changes" to combat global warming. [News Source]

A few more nukes! When tell my "green" friends that I am rethinking nuclear power, they respond with outrage. I am an environmentalist, and, to a large extent, the green movements in the developed world arose from public concern about atomic energy. [News Source]

Gardeners can slow climate change (The Observer) Britain's gardeners are being asked to open up their borders, lawns and shrubs to help tackle the world's greatest environmental threat: climate change. [News Source]

State efforts to curb global warming criticized (Rocky Mountain News) Colorado has done "very, very little" to address the global warming issue, largely due to lack of leadership from Gov. Bill Owens, a Denver public policy analyst told about 160 colleagues at a climate meeting Friday. [News Source]