More oil drilling isn’t the answer. Drilling alone will only stoke our national addiction and further drain our precious, remaining oil reserves. [News Source]

Making a difference in one American city. With agressive action and a committment to local change, Salt Lake City's mayor challenged the city to reduce its emissions more than 20 percent. Well before schedule, they succeeeded. [News Source]

Coastal real estate. With insurance premiums going through the roof in many seaside locations, homebuyers looking for oceanfront property may be in for a risky investment. [News Source]

Insuring for a hurricane. The last two deadly hurricane seasons set records for frequency, intensity and damage, but this year is expected to be as bad or worse. Insurance companies are using sophisticated models to hedge their bets and determine if global warming is playing a role. [News Source]

Ecological crisis looms off San Francisco coast. The steep decline of one bird species for the second straight year has rekindled scientists' fears that global warming could be undermining the coastal food supply, threatening not just the Farallones but entire marine ecosystems. [News Source]

Growing thirst of an arid Earth. From Alabama to Afghanistan, and Italy to Indonesia, journalists are filing stories of failed rains and mighty rivers reduced to a trickle. Nor is this a temporary problem. [News Source]

NASA’s goals delete mention of home planet. In early February, NASA's mission statement was quietly altered, with the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet" deleted. [News Source]

Protecting coral reefs. The impact of losing reefs is not just aesthetic. [News Source]

Hard life may get harder for caribou. Caribou are adaptive, and they could well meet the challenges, were it not for the constant incursions into their habitat by logging and mining companies. [News Source]

Corn no ‘magic bullet’ for our energy crisis. Corn may be one of the worst plants we could consider as a biofuel. [News Source]

The cold, hard truth? America needs to get some air. Air conditioning accounts for 16 percent of the average U.S. household's electricity consumption, the Energy Department says. [News Source]