Petrol guzzling drivers targeted by MPs. Drivers of petrol-guzzling cars should be forced to pay hundreds of pounds more in tax as one of a series of drastic measures to cut down on pollution, according to an influential Commons select committee. [News Source]

Cape town signs agreement to buy wind-generated electricity. The City of Cape Town has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with a wind energy producer that will generate an estimated 13.2 Gigawatt-hours per year of "clean" electricity. [News Source]

Nigeria: ‘Solar power brings relief to villagers’. Bishop Kodji, a small fishing and canoe carving island off Nigeria's sprawling commercial hub of Lagos, has become the first village to be electrified under the Lagos State government's pilot solar energy project. [News Source]

Sierra Club wants N.J. to re-examine tax break.

The Sierra Club recently announced a campaign to call on Gov. Jon S. Corzine and the Legislature to reassess the state’s Farmland Assessment program, which gives property tax breaks to anyone who owns five acres of land and sells $500 a year in agricultural products.

Extreme Global Warming Fix Proposed: Fill the Skies With Sulfur (National Geographic) Seeding Earth's atmosphere with sulfur would reflect the sun's light and heat back into space, cooling the effects of global warming, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist says. [News Source]

Global warming killing fish along US (Manila Bulletin) GRANTS PASS, Oregon — Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring "dead zone" of low-oxygen water that is larger than in previous years and may be triggered by global warming, scientists said. [News Source]

Global warming’s effect on Cape Ann (Gloucester Daily Times) At long last it seems we've put the question about global warming to rest. After all, the 10 warmest years in modern history have occurred in the last 14 years - i.e., since 1991. [News Source]

Research team seeking clues to a hurricane’s birth. Twenty-one days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall at New Orleans last summer, a relatively small "wave" of turbulent air emerged from western Africa and headed out to sea. [News Source]

Climate: Focus is on carbon dioxide. Today's global climate models reveal a warming planet. But because these computer-driven models are designed for the big picture, they falter when trying to focus in on smaller places, such as Utah. [News Source]

Bill to curb greenhouse gases poses dilemma for Schwarzenegger. The Republican governor now faces a dilemma that threatens to undermine his environmental credentials at the same time he is trying appeal to moderate voters. [News Source]

Ocean acidification: the other CO2 problem. It has taken several decades for climate change to be recognised as a serious threat. But another result of our fossil fuel habit - ocean acidification - has only begun to be researched. Its impact could be momentous. [News Source]