California faces uphill battle on car emissions.

California is unlikely to win its lawsuit against six of the world’s largest car manufacturers, which it filed earlier this week, say legal experts.

Group proposes 11 ways to reduce pollution. New Jersey can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a leading cause of global warming, by more than 7 percent over the next 20 years if it pursues an 11-step plan, according to Environment New Jersey. [News Source]

Arnie dumps gas guzzling Hummers as California sues carmarkers over pollution. The Californian governor sold his £500,000 fleet of eight four-ton, 110mph army-style trucks - which do only 10 miles to the gallon - to prove his commitment to helping the fight against global warning. [News Source]

Dogs of law set to fight long and hard over landmark US climate suit. Greens see a tempting parallel with asbestos and tobacco litigation, which were initially treated as a joke but eventually snowballed into settlements worth hundreds of billions of dollars. [News Source]

Nurturing of environment critical. Southern Africa countries are battling against environmental degradation which is now posing a threat to climatic conditions in a region prone to droughts. [News Source]

N.J. group proposing ways to reduce global warming. If New Jersey were a country, it would be the 32nd highest carbon dioxide polluter in the world, a new report shows. [News Source]

Britain’s foreign secretary calls for engagement from next U.S. administration on climate change. Britain would like "the maximum amount of engagement" from the next U.S. administration to face an increasing threat of global warming, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said. [News Source]

Ice the size of Texas melts in one year. Maybe this is Earth's way of telling President George W. Bush that global warming cannot be ignored: in just one year, the perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has shrunk by nearly three-quarters of a million square kilometres, an area comparable to Texas. [News Source]

Branson to invest $3bn in climate fight. Sir Richard Branson on Thursday pledged to invest $3bn in profits from his transport businesses over the next decade to fight global warming. [News Source]

Cisco vows to sharply cut emissions. Cisco Systems announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by 10 percent within the next year as part of its participation in the Clinton Global Initiative. [News Source]

Mayor teams up with another famous maverick. Mayor Bloomberg joined forces yesterday with another maverick Republican, Governor Schwarzenegger, to deride Washington for allowing political partisanship to stymie action on issues such as climate change and stem cell research. [News Source]