Bush: I’m ’solving’ global warming debate (UPI) WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- In an interview with People magazine, President George W. Bush said there is "a worthy debate" on whether global warming is caused by human activities. [News Source]

Rising fire threat tied to global warming (The Sacramento Bee) American forests in the West have burned bigger and more frequently since 1987, and climate change is a big reason. [News Source]

America’s coastlines are in danger of being loved to death. More than half the nation's population now lives in coastal counties, putting the coasts under stress from an array of pollution and population pressures. [News Source]

Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest. Although skeptics say our changing weather is just part of a natural cycle, many scientists say winter's diminished fury here is the most visible piece of evidence in the Midwest of global warming. But there are other signs as well. [News Source]

Wildfire increase linked to climate. More than land-use changes or forest management practices, the changing climate was the most important factor driving a four-fold increase in the average number of large wildfires in the Western United States since 1970. [News Source]

Extinction crisis for amphibians. A strange new fungus disease that kills frogs and toads and every other species of amphibian is spreading around the globe and -- combined with pollution and overdevelopment -- is driving more and more of the creatures to extinction. [News Source]

Global warming blamed for more, worse wildfire. Climate changes are causing bigger and badder wildfires to break out in the Western United States, California scientists warned Thursday, sparking fresh debate over global warming. [News Source]

Wildfires may be linked to global warming. The increase in the number of large western wildfires in recent years may be a result of global warming. [News Source]

Warmer climate creating longer, hotter fires. Forest thinning and restoration are important factors in reducing wildfires in the desert Southwest, according to a new study that associates global warming with larger, longer-lasting fires. [News Source]

Climate change primary cause of 2-decade wildfire increase. Warming temperatures, not fire suppression or drought, played the biggest role in causing a major increase in the number, scale and duration of forest fires across the West in the past two decades. [News Source]

Study: Dry seasons — not brush — spur wildfires. A new study finds that heat waves are the most significant driving force in western wildfires. [News Source]