Group to bike for greening of America. Riding bicycles equipped with solar panels, UI professors, students, former Hawkeyes, and concerned citizens will pedal through five states in support of using renewable resources. [News Source]

Tour shows ‘green’ homes can be homey. When you hear the term "green building" do you picture a house that looks like something the Jetsons would live in? Salt Lake City's Green Homes Tour may sweep away those misconceptions. [News Source]

Green acres.

Many Portland-area residents think living green isn’t just about going through the motions of conserving energy. For them, living green is all about building green.

Methane Belches in Lakes Supercharge Global Warming, Study Says (National Geographic) Bubbles of the greenhouse gas, born of global warming, are bursting into the atmosphere in Siberia and making that warming even warmer, scientists say. [News Source]

Nature blooms early due to climate change (UPI) NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says global warming is affecting the growing season for some crops in the northeastern United States. [News Source]

Nature Blooms Earlier in the Northeast Thanks to Global Warming (Newswise) David Wolfe, Cornell University professor of horticulture, will speak on "Climate Change and Our Gardens, Our Forests, Our Farms," at the Climate Change: Prospects for Nature symposium sponsored by the New York Botanical Garden. [News Source]

MEPs frustrated with late EU carbon trading plans. Speakers from all major political groups in the European Parliament attacked the Commission for being soft on Member States after a majority of EU countries missed a 30 June deadline to submit CO2 emissions trading plans. [News Source]

Climate change forged first civilizations.

The earliest civilizations were not a product of favorable conditions but rather a last resort in the face of dramatic shifts in the weather, a climate scientist said on Thursday.

Gore film tapped to lure green converts. Churches and synagogues here and nationwide, in blue states and red, are going green, says California Interfaith Power and Light, a faith-based environmental organization. [News Source]

Melting lakes in Siberia emit greenhouse gas. Lakes in the permafrost zone of northern Siberia are belching out much more of the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere than previously thought. In coming decades this could become a more significant factor in global climate change. [News Source]

Surprising release of metals from CO2 storage. Injecting CO2 deep underground, seems like a promising way of getting rid of the greenhouse gas. But since CO2 makes the deep groundwater more acidic, metals in sandstone get released, preliminary data suggest. [News Source]