Weather Channel ready to take heat on global warming (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) So you think weather is a noncontroversial topic? Starting Sunday, the Weather Channel will test that notion by wading into the often-divisive discussion about climate change. With a new weekly program called "The Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen," the Weather Channel will take the position that global warming is happening, people are contributing to it, and it's a big problem. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger signs law to fight global warming. In a move backers hope will inspire other states to follow suit, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a pioneering law on Wednesday aimed at reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

State’s war on warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Wednesday setting California on course to reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. [News Source]

State’s greenhouse gas bill signed. California moved to the front of local government efforts to fight global warming today when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation calling for a reduction of greenhouse gases. [News Source]

California to cut gas emissions. A new Californian law which sets targets to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions has been backed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. [News Source]

China, wetlands driving global warming. According to a new study, the environmental threat posed by China's booming economy has been partially masked by a decline in natural methane emissions from wetlands. [News Source]

Methane emissions rising (but you wouldn’t know it), study says. The greenhouse gas methane, a contributor to global warming, is on the rise in Earth's atmosphere, a new study says. [News Source]

Methane emissions soar as China booms. The explosive growth of the Chinese economy over the past seven years has been linked with a rise in emissions of man-made methane, a study has found. [News Source]

Methane levels to rise again after slowdown. Scientists have uncovered evidence that levels of the greenhouse gas methane will rise sharply in the next few years, warming the planet faster than previously expected. [News Source]

Earth’s missing methane riddle solved. Drying wetlands across the globe have been revealed as key players in the mystery of why atmospheric levels of methane have stabilised in recent years, a new international study shows. [News Source]

Mystery of methane levels in 90’s seems solved. A new study suggests that the reason why the atmospheric concentration of methane slowed in the 1990's was related to the collapse of the Soviet Union. [News Source]