Storms heat up global warming debate. An MIT climatologist and his colleagues are convinced that global warming is intensifying hurricanes and will continue to worsen their impact. Some hurricane researchers and forecasters disagree. [News Source]

Engine of oil independence within reach. Celebrating the freedom of the open road is in danger of becoming a cramped ritual. That's because most Americans are driving vehicles made for an era of cheap oil. [News Source]

The bizarre dance of wind power. Supporters see wind power as the first clean, renewable, domestic power source to reach maturity and a crucial response to global warming. Opponents see problems. [News Source]

Some things to watch for in cleaning products. You may want to do the right thing when you shop for household cleaners and soaps: Avoid products that might encourage harmful new strains of antibiotic-resistant germs. [News Source]

Call to save wonders of world that face climate catastrophe. Mount Everest National Park, the Peruvian Andes, the Waterton-Glacier Peace Park and the Great Barrier and Belize Barrier coral reefs should be placed under special protection from international institutions. [News Source]

Want to save the planet? Start by turning out the light. Unusual heat waves and floods will become more common as global warming advances, but everyone has the power to turn back its effects, a leading international climate scientist says. [News Source]

Reduced rainfall tied to emissions. If greenhouse gases continue to rise as they have been, precipitation in China's Huaihe, Liaohe and Haihe river regions could decline by 30 percent by 2040, says a Chinese meteorologist. [News Source]

Scientist: ‘Offset’ carbon impact. As a scientist who studies climate change, Hadi Dowlatabadi is acutely aware of the harmful effects on the environment from human activities that release carbon dioxide in the air, like car and air travel and using electricity. He's now a reformed carbon emitter. [News Source]

Sierra Club wants lower emissions. Local environmentalists are pushing the city of Wichita to join a nationwide movement to lower emissions thought to contribute to global warming. [News Source]

Lack of cash for coastal defences puts homes at risk. Tens of thousands of homes near Britain's coast are at risk because funding for repairs to sea defences is "woefully inadequate", say local government leaders. [News Source]

Tempers rise as world body ignores Everest plight. Environment activists across the world are fuming after a world body ignored pleas for urgent action to protect some of the globes finest sites, including the Mt Everest, from climate change. [News Source]