Global warming scourge (The Star Online)

Unusual things are happening in the oceans, and they may be triggered by global warming. ALISTER DOYLE reports.

Seal the deal on emissions cap. Democratic negotiators and the Schwarzenegger administration have been close for weeks to agreeing on landmark legislation to lower greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. [News Source]

We can’t reverse global warming by triggering another catastrophe. Sulphate pollution killed hundreds of thousands of Africans. A plan to use sulphur to fight climate change risks the same. [News Source]

Another enviro-scare campaign. No one disputes that increasing carbon dioxide concentrations will create some warming, but the magnitude is disputed, well, hotly. [News Source]

Disaster-Prone China Takes Heed of Global Warming (Planet Ark) BEIJING - Storms, floods, heat and drought that have killed more than 2,000 people in China this year are a prelude to weather patterns likely to become more extreme due to global warming, the head of the Beijing Climate Centre said. [News Source]

Stopping the outcry before it starts. Shoppers on the hunt for products made and shipped in an ethical manner are getting a boost from some unlikely sources: the 800-pound gorilla retailers who help keep their suppliers in business. [News Source]

Power surge for lab. Record-high oil, gasoline, and natural gas prices, coupled with a steady stream of news on global-warming have driven even the most fossil-fuel-prone consumers and policymakers to take a hard look at new clean-energy technologies. [News Source]

Keene dubious about global-warming bill. California Assemblyman Rick Keene, R-Chico, said he's inclined to oppose Assembly Bill 32 that proponents claim would make California a leader in fighting global warming because he thinks it would have a high cost and little benefit. [News Source]

PM sceptical on global warming. Australia's Prime Minister John Howard says he is sceptical of the more gloomy predictions about human-induced climate change, sparking claims he is not taking the issue seriously enough. [News Source]

Global warming? Utahns split. A new Salt Lake Tribune poll suggests that Utahns see global warming as a political issue, but reducing energy consumption as a practical matter. [News Source]

Australian PM dismisses business calls for climate action. Prime Minister John Howard Monday resisted calls in a report sponsored by big business for Australia to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2050 to fight the effects of global warming. [News Source]