Biggest threat is climate change, says new survey (The Scotsman) GLOBAL warming and climate change are the biggest threats facing the world, a new poll has found. [News Source]

Governor’s order backs low-pollution vehicles. Arizona may ban the sale of cars and light trucks that produce large amounts of greenhouse gases in an effort to help reduce global warming. [News Source]

US gaffes prompt re-examination of BP CEO’s record. A series of scandals at oil giant BP Plc's U.S. operations, has shaken investors' faith in its head John Browne and prompted some to re-examine the record of a man often rated among the world's most respected CEOs. [News Source]

Nuke waste needs to be safely buried. Construction of new dry cask storage systems for high-level nuclear waste is a responsible attempt by Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants to cope with a real problem. [News Source]

Obesity is the biggest public health hurdle of the century. Like many nations, Australia is in the throes of an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes - an epidemic in acceleration mode. [News Source]

Our habitat, the Kyoto Protocol and friendly Caribbean sunshine. It is through such agreements like the Kyoto protocol that gives many of us the hope that there is indeed an effort to safeguard our planet. [News Source]

Pollution bill aimed at California . A bill to crank up penalties for the nation's most polluted air regions - both in California - was introduced Thursday in the Senate by Congress' biggest skeptic of global warming. [News Source]

Canada plans to boost environment, ignore Kyoto. The Canadian government, under fire for dismissing the Kyoto protocol as unworkable, will next month unveil an environmental package that focuses on improving air quality, but says little about global warming, officials and activists say. [News Source]

Pavley’s global warming bill on verge of becoming new law .

Final language for legislation aimed at curbing global warming was met with approval in Sacramento and is expected to be passed into law shortly.

The crisis in the horn of Africa: Nomads with no future. There are some 20 million pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. Their resources are becoming all the more meagre as global warming takes its toll. [News Source]

Fear of global warming unites evangelicals, environmentalists in US. Shared concerns are bringing together evangelicals and environmentalists in ways that could make the Republican Party more eco-friendly and lead some evangelicals to vote Democratic. [News Source]