An ocean of calamine lotion. Greenhouse gas could spawn itchier Poison Ivy vine, study suggests. [News Source]

Getting rid of a car is rough road to follow, but some enjoy the ride. Steve Murtaugh was a commuter once. Today he wants to get rid of his Ford Focus right now and not replace it. [News Source]

Britain aims for atomic power, but greens query goverment funding. Britain is in a nuclear bind, environmentalists say, with the government keen to promote atomic energy but hard pressed to find funding after it said it will not use public money. [News Source]

Ford Motor to air TV ads promoting use of ethanol. Ford Motor Co. will begin airing television commercials and publishing print advertising today touting the company’s ethanol-powered and hybrid-fueled vehicles. [News Source]

Modern-day windmills cause dust-up in Michigan. A coastline that whips up wind all year long has Michigan alternative energy activists pushing to transform the state into a leader of nonpolluting wind energy. [News Source]

Crumbs for environmentalists? Or a real change? Almost as if struck by a divine awakening, President Bush suddenly is scattering dollops of pro-environmental decisions around the landscape. [News Source]

Conservation before drilling. Conservation and innovation are the ways to cure America's petroleum addiction. Opening up fragile off-shore areas to drilling would only feed it. [News Source]

Energy bill bad for Colorado. Western Colorado shouldn't have to sacrifice its environment and recreation-dependent economy to oil shale production. [News Source]

In our view: Global warming. We clearly need to be more cognizant of our fragile environment. But it makes little sense to pin the sole blame for global warming, if, indeed, it is happening, upon mankind. [News Source]

Getting too hot for comfort. About the only people who still believe human activity doesn't warm the planet are the kind of people who still believe smoking doesn't harm the lungs. [News Source]

Local activist spreads message. Barbara Frank grew up in La Crosse, surrounded by the bluffs and Mississippi River. Her mother gardened. Her father fished. As a child, she learned never to kill snakes or pull the legs off spiders. She camped in the bluffs with her family, thinking the whole thing belonged to them. [News Source]