No: Nuclear power plants offer one-stop shopping for terrorists. A full-steam-ahead plan for nuclear energy means millions of additional chances for radioactive products and byproducts to end up in the wrong hands. [News Source]

Should U.S. increase its use of nuclear power? The demands of the U.S. economy point to the need for a reliable electric base that will extend 50 years into the future, not just to the next election cycle. [News Source]

Burying the evidence of global warming (USA Today) A doctor can bury his mistakes, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright once noted, a luxury not available to other professions. But all of humanity might look towards burial for help with one of its potentially biggest mistakes, global warming, a new study suggests. The idea is called carbon sequestration. [News Source]

Fixing the ozone hole slows efforts on global warming (USA Today) When more than two dozen countries undertook in 1989 to fix the ozone hole over Antarctica, they began replacing chloroflourocarbons in refrigerators, air conditioners and hair spray. But they had little idea that using other gases that contain chlorine or fluorine instead also would contribute greatly to global warming. [News Source]

Global warming, ‘cane link still unclear (UPI) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Everyone talks about the weather, but U.S. scientists are still studying ways to settle the debate about global warming and hurricanes. [News Source]

The ocean is slowly claiming Malasiga. There is not a power line or factory or air conditioner within a day's walk of this village of 400 people in the southwest Pacific, but these subsistence fishermen are no strangers to the power of climate change. [News Source]

State at key point on global warming. In California, politicians are waging a precedent-setting debate, amid stakeholders ranging from environmentalists fighting what they call a global-warming Armageddon to businesses saying the economy could be heavily damaged. [News Source]

Next governor must face difficult energy challenge. If new energy projects are to succeed, they will require agreement among environmentalists who want clean air, residents who want unobstructed views, and industry groups that want more energy. [News Source]

Warming affects farming. Weather is always a topic of conversation among farmers, but it's unclear how much climate change has entered the average farmer's vocabulary. [News Source]

The world’s first ‘climate refugees.’ Has Hurricane Katrina created the world's first "climate refugees"? [News Source]

Businesses divided over California global warming bill. Californians could eventually see innovations both subtle and dramatic in grocery stores, new car showrooms and their kitchens if California Gov. Schwarzenegger and leading Democrats reach agreement. [News Source]