California Sees ‘Greenrush’ in Global Warming Move (Planet Ark) LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 - In a land where fortunes were spun from gold, films and silicon chips, California's leaders envisage a "greenrush" with their groundbreaking law to fight global warming. [News Source]

Climate Panel Lowers Global Warming Forecast - Report (Planet Ark) SYDNEY - The world's top climate scientists are slightly less pessimistic in their latest forecasts for global warming over the next 100 years, the Australian newspaper reported on Saturday. [News Source]

Environmental degradation blamed for extreme heat. Less trees, polluted, gluggy water and the heat from more vehicles is making the city's temperatures rise to scorching levels in the dry season, not global warming, the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency says. [News Source]

Time to blow fresh wind into renewable energy. Hong Kong's inherent topographical constraints have meant its renewable energy sector is lagging far behind most developed countries. [News Source]

Cloud hangs over blue sky. Following the annoucement of a cross-border pilot emissions trading scheme launched to tackle increasing Hong Kong pollution, environmentalists justifiably questioned its effectiveness. [News Source]

Wind power a vexing question for Vermont. When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. Now he's dead set against it. [News Source]

Some are happy to pay more for electricity. Stephen Colley jumped at the chance to pay more for his electricity and others are doing so every day, paying a premium to buy "green" energy and reduce the release of greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Solving the energy riddle. The new Florida Energy Commission was created as part of a major energy law passed by state lawmakers this year that is designed to lessen the state's dependence on expensive natural gas and foreign oil. [News Source]

Coaxing oil from huge U.S. shale deposits. Shell and other companies say they have developed techniques to extract oil from the Colorado Rocky Mountains with reduced environmental impacts. [News Source]

GOP tackles climate change. Eskew is one of three former advisors to Republican Gov. Carroll Campbell hired by Environmental Defense to map strategy for stemming global warming. [News Source]

Scientists map ‘new frontier’ deep below Atlantic Ocean’s surface. A 4-year study has produced maps that will allow scientists to study whether methane gas trapped in frozen sediment below the sea floor is escaping and exacerbating global warming. [News Source]