Global warming affecting Scottish birds? (UPI) EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 2 (UPI) -- A survey of Scottish birds finds that global warming may be having an effect, with some once-common birds moving north. [News Source]

CANADIAN OPPORTUNITIES FROM GLOBAL WARMING (Quebecois Libre) Several documentaries that pertained to global warming and climate change were broadcast across Canada during the final week of June 2006. Recent discoveries concerning the geological and climate history of Canada have indicated that Southern Canada may have been a subtropical rainforest during an earlier time period while the average annual temperature of the Arctic may have been above the [News Source]

A bright idea: How changing light bulbs helps beat global warming (and cut bills) (Independent) The simple use of current technology could have a dramatic impact on global warming, if only we would adopt it. The low-energy light bulb - like the one shown here - and other efficient lighting systems could prevent a cumulative total of 16 billion tons of carbon from being added to the world's atmosphere over the next 25 years, according to a report by the International Energy Agency. [News Source]

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]

Is ethanol really energy solution? More and more leaders outside of environmental circles are looking to the nation's cornfields these days to solve the United States' energy problems. [News Source]

Supreme court interest in emissions will assess evidence of warming. The U.S. Supreme Court's willingness to hear the case of 12 states wanting more regulation of air pollution from cars and power plants takes the greenhouse effect and global warming out of the realm of speculation. [News Source]

Fight warming by emitting less carbon dioxide. The danger signals of global warming are all around us -- from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro to the projected increase in ferocity of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. [News Source]

Saving the earth but trashing the yard. Over the last few years, the weather seems increasingly spotty. [News Source]

California’s auto attack is bad for all industries. California's crusade against the car companies has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and other industries and consumers could be hurt if a ruling goes the wrong way. [News Source]

Lawmakers launch green bills. California environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers have embarked on an ambitious campaign to catapult the state ahead of the nation on a number of green initiatives. [News Source]

Impact from new power plant would be widespread. Concern over air pollution is at center of the debate. [News Source]