ABC news reporting cited as evidence in congressional hearing on global warming. One Colorado electric cooperative has openly admitted that it has paid $100,000 to a university academic who prides himself on being a global warming skeptic. [News Source]

Global warming: no room for failure. Snowpacks will melt sooner, wildfires will get more intense, and air quality will get even worse according to report issued this week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's California Climate Action Team. [News Source]

Seattle’s green mayor brings Kyoto home. On the frontier of the fight against global warming, the mayor of Seattle boldly goes where the president will not -- right to America's backyards. [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]

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]

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

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]

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.

Heat convinces Robertson of global warming. Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across the United States has converted him into a believer in global warming. [News Source]

Bush’s grade on environment falls. More Americans than ever disapprove of President Bush's handling of the environment, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. [News Source]