Global warming could devastate state’s wine country (San Francisco Chronicle) A new study out today could give Americans another reason to worry about global warming: Apart from the rising seas and disappearing polar bears, climate change could also wipe out premium wine grape growing in Napa, Sonoma and Santa Barbara by the end of the... [News Source]

Kilimanjaro weeps. Even the most zealous of global warming skeptics will admit the modern scientific method requires rigorous, exacting methods of proof that are literally impossible for the climate scientist to attain — ever. [News Source]

Kilimanjaro weeps. Global warming is responsible, at least in part, for the melting of the snows of Kilimanjaro, the shrinking of the Alpine and Peruvian glaciers, the 1995 collapse of Larsen Ice Shelf B in the Antarctic and the rapid decline of Lake Chad. [News Source]

Marketing a ‘green’ company. Running an environmentally friendly business can be a good way to distinguish yourself from competition in your area and create a niche, and that's especially true with today's growing concern about global warming. [News Source]

Going nuclear (again). In the US and abroad, nuclear power, that 20th century energy behemoth, is quietly coming back. [News Source]

Katrina books shed new light on disaster. Many life-or-death tattoos sprayed on houses by National Guardsmen have now been painted over. But with only half of our population back, the levees are still vulnerable as storm season heats up. [News Source]

Climate Change May Bring Sour Grapes (CBS News) A new study has found that global warming could ruin the lucrative U.S. wine industry. An increase in extremely hot days could potentially reduce the viability of grapes in top wine regions such as the Sonoma and Napa Valleys. [News Source]

Paper: Climate Change Threatens Wineries (ABC News) Report Finds Climate Change Could Devastate U.S. Wineries As Amount of Usable Land Dwindles [News Source]

Placer Nature Center turns light on pledge program for energy savings.

The hope is that area residents visiting the nature center will sign cards and make a commitment to do their part to save energy and protect the environment by taking steps like swapping out light bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights.

Lower Grade Uranium Could Hasten Climate Change Pace ENVIRONMENT: EMISSIONS (RedNova) By Rob Edwards Environment Editor AS the use of nuclear power expands, it will become increasingly ineffective at combating global warming, warns a report by an independent think tank published today. [News Source]

Global warming fears (The Advertiser) GLOBAL warming is tipped to cut food production and increase diseases caused by food poisoning, an Adelaide conference will be told today. [News Source]