Redesigning crops to harvest fuel. Amidst growing concern about global warming from fossil fuels, seed and biotechnology companies see a big new opportunity in developing corn and other crops tailored for use in ethanol and other biofuels. [News Source]

British species migrate northward. Eighty percent of 300 British species studied have extended their range northward and to higher ground as climate change warms Britain. [News Source]

Packaging for your compost heap. Shoppers will soon be able to compost ready-meal packs and fruit and vegetable wrappers alongside grass clippings and food waste as shops try to woo green-minded customers. [News Source]

Housing blamed for poor health. Governments have inadvertently encouraged Australia's obesity epidemic by allowing "McMansion" type developments that pay no heed to healthy living, an expert on diabetes has warned. [News Source]

Nation needs policy on greenhouse gases, Shell chief says. The Shell Oil Co. president said as far as the company was concerned, the debate over the science of global climate change is over. [News Source]

Renewables effect uncertain. Efforts to expand renewable energy generation will not prevent climate change, the head of one of Britain's leading scientific societies has warned. [News Source]

‘An Inconvenient Truth’ seeking a few converts. In the coming weeks, scores of East Bay religious congregations will be screening "An Inconvenient Truth," the film about former Vice President Al Gore's mission to alert the world to global warming. [News Source]

Planet going back to dinosaur era. Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday. [News Source]

Global warming threatens Arctic whales. Global warming could cause diseases to flourish in the Arctic’s whale populations, causing dramatic die-offs, warns a researcher with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. [News Source]

Fish deaths due to global warming. The spectre of dead fish and other marine life washing up on Qatar's beaches is being attributed to global warming and not effluents discharged by passing ships, environmental experts said yesterday. [News Source]

Girlie global warming show too hot for Australia (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Australian government has withdrawn funding for a climate change conference after organisers booked lingerie models for a raunchy dinner show. [News Source]