Yes: Should U.S. build more nuclear plants? Slowly the forces of public policy are waking up to the reality that if the United States wants abundant electricity it has to rediscover nuclear as the low-impact form of electric generation. [News Source]

Smart pigs and corporate responsibility. Corporations may talk environmental responsibility, but the bottom line is that they exist to make their stockholders a profit - not to protect the environment. [News Source]

EU lagging climate goal, more action needed. The European Union is doing too little to achieve its goal of limiting global warming although it portrays itself as a world leader, some academics say. [News Source]

Conditions ripe for storm rates to soar far more. "The relatively quiet hurricane season we've been enjoying is not going to last. . . . Around Aug. 21, I expect it will appear that a switch has been thrown, and the Atlantic will be very active indeed." [News Source]

Climate change: Why U.S., China are key. Sensible people now agree that climate change creates major risks and that the world should be taking significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Xcel smart to seek clean coal technology. Xcel Energy's announcement last week that it would build a high-tech clean coal power plant is a step in the right direction as this country - along with the rest of the world - struggles to stem climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Recycle waste to help reduce greenhouse gases. National Research Council panel, weighing in on the highest profile debate about global warming, voiced a high level of confidence that Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, possibly even longer. [News Source]

Sheep used as woollen ‘tick traps’ to protect humans. Scientists are using sheep as moorland “tick traps” in an experiment that could tackle a killer virus that preys on hill walkers and ramblers. [News Source]

Green gains steam. Environmentally friendly architecture has moved way beyond the leaky solar water heater on the roof to encompass a range of techniques and materials for all types of construction. [News Source]

UT Study On Global Warming (KXAN 36 Austin) A University of Texas study reveals some startling data about Greenland's ice masses and its effects on global warming. "The recent melting rate is significantly larger than before," Dr. Jian Chen, research scientist, said. [News Source]

Pollution penance.

Environmental preachers aren’t necessarily earthly saints.