Taller mountains a result of global warming (MSNBC) The mountains in Europe are growing taller and global warming is partly responsible, scientists say. [News Source]

Getting bugged. Who does global warming benefit, except perhaps for northern viniculturists, ice cream vendors and purveyors of air conditioners and swimming pools? Why, bugs, of course. [News Source]

Scientists Predict Extinctions from Global Warming (Scientific American) Global warming has extended the destructive reach of humankind. Plants and animals far from human habitation are now threatened by the climate change resulting from the carbon we release into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. [News Source]

Report Paints Bleak Global Warming Future (KTVU 2 San Francisco) The scenario unveiled in a new report by the California Climate Change Center seems bleak -- there will be more fires and more intense firestorms, less water and less predictable water supplies and many more days of extreme heat. [News Source]

Robertson A Global Warming Convert (CBS News) This summer's heat wave has turned religious broadcaster Pat Robertson into a believer when it comes to global warming. "If we are contributing to the destruction of this planet, we need to do something about it," he said on his "700 Club" show. [News Source]

Asian hopes for hydropower may add to oil reliance.

Asian plans for a multitude of hydroelectric projects will lead some nations to a greater reliance on dams to meet power demand, potentially triggering costly bouts of extra oil imports in times of drought.

ZAP! Tiny car is electrifying. Concerned about global warming and wars fought over foreign oil, Seattle resident imports one of the first all-electric cars to Washington. [News Source]

Change in the air. The company that owns Wyoming's Grand Teton Lodge said Tuesday it will buy enough wind-generated electricity to replace all the power used by its five ski areas and other businesses. [News Source]

It’s a gas. Faced with ever increasing car fuel costs, one high mileage motorist has found an answer - going gas. [News Source]

Nuclear waste sits at plants. The federal government has failed to dispose of thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste from power plants — a job electrical customers in Georgia and elsewhere have paid billions of dollars to get done. [News Source]

In the hurricane’s path. "Abnormally high" ocean temperatures off the Maritimes have put Atlantic Canada in the path of a potentially devastating hurricane, say meteorologists. [News Source]