Nuclear power is the future, says Blair - but not in Scotland. Tony Blair yesterday paved the way for a new generation of nuclear power stations - but only in England. Scotland will develop renewables. [News Source]

Britain to enter a new nuclear age, whether you like it or not. In Britain, people living near proposed nuclear plants and wind farms will lose the right to question their necessity or general safety. [News Source]

Got gas? In its quest to tap renewable sources of energy, California has harnessed the wind, the sun, the mighty force of rivers and the steady heat within the Earth. Now it's looking at cow manure. [News Source]

Water, mismanagement both abound in California. The governor of California stood atop a levee Tuesday and warned that the state is threatened by disastrous flooding, a day after his own water agency framed the potentially severe effects of global warming on water supplies. [News Source]

Mercury’s frequent trips spread health dangers. Thanks to what scientists are calling a "grasshopper effect," where mercury is spread through the environment by trains and other mass transit systems, the contaminant is traveling far from where it was first emitted. [News Source]

Smog damage to crops costing billions. The internal combustion engine is costing billions of dollars in crop damage each year, scientists warn, as ozone inflicts damage to food plants. [News Source]

Long-term dangers of fun in the sun. With the longer days comes the seasonal awareness of skin cancer and the threat it poses. Experts say no one is safe this year, even when behind the wheel of a car. [News Source]

Trees could grow in Antarctica within century: scientist Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard Wednesday. [News Source]

Alps could be ice free by 2100, study warns. Glaciers in the European Alps are melting so fast that the mountains could be virtually ice free by the end of this century, a new global warming study warns. [News Source]

Happiness doesn’t cost the Earth. People can live long, happy lives without consuming large amounts of the Earth's resources, a survey suggests. [News Source]

Global warming could spoil California wine crops. Apart from the rising seas and disappearing polar bears, climate change could also wipe out premium wine grape growing in California's Napa, Sonoma and Santa Barbara counties by the end of the century. [News Source]