Ethanol isn’t a good answer for replacing oil. Ethanol is not as environmentally friendly as its most ardent supporters say. At higher concentrations in gasoline, it produces more smog-causing pollutants than gasoline per unit of energy burned. [News Source]

Go nuclear for electricity. The forces of public policy are waking 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]

Facing the prospect of rapid warming. Fossil trees in Antarctica show us that climate has changed greatly in the past. [News Source]

Finally, fired up over global warming. The movement to tackle climate change is finally growing large in this country, and at least part of it is beginning to get a little more outspoken. [News Source]

Global warming makes us all New Orleanians now. The White House and all those federal agencies accused of acting too slowly after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans last August will probably find their own D.C. offices threatened by catastrophic flooding from monster storms. [News Source]

The planet is sliding into a kiln of thirst and drought. The beginning of this week marked the start of the World Water Week, an international event that has brought together over 1,500 experts from more than 100 countries to discuss matters related to water. [News Source]

City might sign pact to reduce gas emissions. Columbia might join nearly 300 other cities in working to cut greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide and methane by 7 percent by 2012. [News Source]

Key Element of CA Global Warming Bill Debated (KABC-TV Los Angeles)

A week away from their deadline, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats remain apart over key elements of a landmark global warming bill.

Global Warming Too Hot for SF Museum (The Sacramento Union) SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Officials at the Coyote Point Museum said they will likely reject a proposal to scrap the struggling wildlife learning center to build a global warming education center with ties to former Vice President Al Gore. Coyote Point officials set off a wave of community opposition this month when they said they were considering the proposal from the Gore-backed 11th Hour [News Source]

Bay Area museum leaning away from global warming center proposal (The Daily Comet) Officials at the Coyote Point Museum said they will likely reject a proposal to scrap the struggling wildlife learning center to build a global warming education center with ties to former Vice President Al Gore. [News Source]

Too late for European global warming target -IEA (Reuters via Yahoo! News) It may be too late to keep within a European Union threshold to avoid dangerous climate change, said the Head of the International Energy Agency Claude Mandil. [News Source]