Plan of action or more hot air? The announcement this past week that British Prime Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed to work together to explore ways of fighting global warming canbe viewed in several different lights. [News Source]

Playing fair on warming debate. Is climate science so sophisticated that it can predict the localized effects of any future global warming? The majority of scientists working with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change think not. [News Source]

Tiding over heat waves. Almost the entire Northern hemisphere is struggling with the seemingly unending heat wave, and Korea is no exception. [News Source]

We need permanent shoreline rules as water levels fall. Global warming is expected to cause the waters on Huron Lake to drop another 3 feet within the next 64 years. [News Source]

Global warming serves up fried eggs. While science may not be sufficiently refined to the point that a single weather event can be linked to global warming, the preponderance of evidence points to a common root cause of a rapidly emerging weather crisis. [News Source]

Battle on to restore Hetch Hetchy. Environmentalists are advocating draining the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and returning the valley to its original splendor, while opponents say California needs all the water and electricity it can get. [News Source]

‘Dead zone’ reappears off the Oregon coast. This dead zone is unlike those in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, which result from fertilizer, sewage or runoff from hog or poultry operations carried by rivers. [News Source]

Many experts expect dry conditions to persist . The crackling dry heat felt in much of the country this summer was months — and in some respects years — in the making. [News Source]

Scientists unsure what caused drought . Hot air, high pressure and relatively calm seas have caused some of the warmest, driest weather the United States has seen in 50 years. But there is little setting 2006 apart from other droughts, meteorologists say. [News Source]

BP chief executive visits site of spill, offers apology. As head of oil and gas powerhouse BP, John Browne is one of the world's most-admired business executives. Lately, however, Browne has been a paragon of humility. [News Source]

‘Dead zone’ off Oregon is killing marine life. Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring "dead zone" of low-oxygen water that appears to be triggered by global warming, scientists say. [News Source]