Gore movie reaching the red states, too. Since the Al Gore global warming film, "An Inconvenient Truth," opened in the Bay Area five weeks ago, approving audiences have left the theater murmuring a similar refrain: "I hope the people who need to see it, see it." [News Source]

Gore to address Wal-Mart executives. Former Vice President Al Gore will take his campaign against global warming to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. next week, speaking at Wal-Mart headquarters to executives seeking to make the world's largest retailer more environmentally friendly. [News Source]

SNP candidate vows ‘no more nuclear power plants’ if party wins next election. Alex Salmond yesterday put nuclear power at the heart of next year's election campaign when he published the SNP's environmental proposals, vowing never to allow more nuclear power stations in Scotland. [News Source]

Energy supply fears ignite UK coal revival. Soaring oil and gas prices, doubts about Russian supplies and advances in clean technology are fuelling a revival of Britain's coal industry ahead of a review of energy policy expected next week. [News Source]

Geologist: Yucca Mountain assessment lacks geological input. A geologist with extensive knowledge of the Yucca Mountain site said the Department of Energy's assessment lacks sufficient geological input and is fraught with uncertainty. [News Source]

Global warming and the courts. The Supreme Court case looking at whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases is among the most important environmental disputes ever to come before the court. [News Source]

Global warming can’t be ignored. There has been much debate lately on whether global warming is a genuine concern. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford, believes firmly that it is. [News Source]

Warming to a ruling? By recently agreeing to hear an important clean-air case next term, the Supreme Court signaled its willingness to address one of the most contentious and complex issues of our time. [News Source]

The Environmental Procrastination Agency. If the states keep setting examples, Congress may finally feel enough pressure to do something itself on global warming. [News Source]

Get your priorities right. Bjorn Lomborg busted -- and that is the only word for it -- onto the world scene in 2001 with the publication of his book "The Skeptical Environmentalist." [News Source]

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