No more green posturing - the planet can’t wait (Guardian Unlimited) Climate change sceptics, once a thriving species, will soon be extinct. The overwhelming majority of scientific opinion recognises that global warming is a reality and that humankind is responsible. [News Source]

Gasping in north Texas. Utilities have proposed building 16 new coal plants in Texas, but that's a dangerous way to meet the state's energy needs. [News Source]

Researchers work to save rare songbird. Researchers at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science are studying breeding grounds and wintering grounds of Bicknell's Thrush - one of the rarest of American songbirds. [News Source]

More consumers turn to wind, solar power. Sales of small wind turbines in the United States were $17 million in 2005, compared with $10.5 million the year before, a 62 percent increase. [News Source]

Biodiesel boat blasts through ocean. Some guys enter mid-life on a Harley. Peter Bethune is doing it on a $2.5 million boat that he hopes will smash the record for fastest powerboat trip around the world. But his biggest passion is what fuels the machine: biodiesel, a cleaner alternative to diesel. [News Source]

OPEC casts a dark eye on the greening of energy. Despite forecasts that show no end to rising demand for crude over the coming decades, oil-producing nations are casting an uneasy eye on the growing number of measures being taken to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Under construction: City’s first green roof. The first "green roof" garden on an office building in the city of Fort Wayne has been designed on the roof of the new headquarters of Petroleum Traders Corp. at Illinois Road and Pointe Inverness Way. [News Source]

Flora, fauna altered by global warming.

Something is rearranging California’s flora and fauna, and climatic shifts are topping the list of explanations.

Christian Aid Provides Worship Pack on Climate Change (Christian Today) Climate change has caught the public8217s attention leading to an increase in demand more information and theological reflection on the issue [News Source]

A relic of the ice age, is it goodye to the Arctic Char? Warmer lakes may be good news for Cumbria’s tourist industry, but it could have dramatic consequences for plant and animal life in the Lake District. [News Source]

Hunger kills guillemots. The discovery of their emaciated bodies is being blamed on global warming because it is believed sprats and other small fish have been forced further north in search of colder waters. [News Source]