Brown meets Gore over climate change (Guardian Unlimited) Former US vice-president Al Gore has spent the day lobbying the chancellor, Gordon Brown, on global warming as the two men met in London. [News Source]

INTERVIEW - British Climate Change Envoy Sees China as Key (Planet Ark) LONDON - China has a key role to play in the drive to convert the world to a low-carbon economy, according to John Ashton, set to travel the world as Britain's first Special Representative on Climate Change. [News Source]

Give barley more than just a grain of thought. Given the circumstances and the choices, I think I would rather be remembered for planting fields of barley than building an obnoxious mega-development near a wildlife refuge on the Chesapeake Bay, [News Source]

The Green Line: New data on vehicles? In a country where databases on pollutants are barely available to the public it's refreshing to see four new indicators of vehicle fuel's impact on the environment. [News Source]

A waste of energy. As its nickel-and-dime agenda suggests, the House of Representatives' "Energy Week," which may not last even five days, is a joke. [News Source]

Wake-up calls for Earth. Fears for the future of our planet have given rise to a number of incredible projects and suggestions. [News Source]

A tough climate for sound science. The weight of the science says global warming is real and that human activities are major contributing factors. Still, some Congress members challenge this. [News Source]

Dangers of denial. It’s time to accept warnings about global warming. Global-warming skeptics, including politicians connected to the oil industry, will doubtless claim vindication in a report that says it's merely "plausible" that the Earth is now hotter than it's been in 2,000 years. [News Source]

A hockey stick wake-up. This week's confirmation of the hockey stick trend line for global warming should help mobilize policymakers to end business as usual. [News Source]

Oregon regulators adopt Californian car emission rules. Oregon air quality regulators have adopted rules based on California's tough standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. [News Source]

State must do a better job controlling smog. In its 2006 State of the Air report, the American Lung Association gave 29 of the 31 counties it studied throughout Pennsylvania an ''F'' for smog pollution, as they registered numerous ''code orange'' and ''code red'' days for unhealthy air quality due to smog. [News Source]