Ottawa talks tough with auto manufacturers about emissions. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose was expected to meet with Canadian car manufacturers late Tuesday to tell them to reduce auto emissions. [News Source]

Forecaster in limbo: how low can he go? Thank El Nino - for now. The same weather phenomenon that could bring a cooler, damper winter to Florida is tamping down hurricane activity so much that a leading forecaster again downgraded his prediction for the remainder of the 2006 season. [News Source]

Group tackles global warming. A group of Arkansans is traveling the state to let residents know what they can do to help cut down on carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere by industry, vehicles and even buildings. [News Source]

Nations discuss global warming in Mexico. Representatives from 20 of the world's most polluting nations met behind closed doors in northern Mexico to discuss ways to combat global warming. [News Source]

Corzine orders update of N.J.’s energy policy. Gov. Jon Corzine said on Tuesday his administration will devise a wide-ranging strategy to meet the state's growing demand for energy until 2020 while confronting environmental challenges like global warming. [News Source]

Cost of climate change action manageable. A commissioned study on the economics of climate change will advocate taking action to combat global warming as soon as possible, seeing the costs of such action as manageable. [News Source]

Cut emissions now or pay, UK tells climate talks. Britain told the world's worst polluting nations on Tuesday that acting now to cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases would be vastly cheaper in the long run than doing nothing. [News Source]

Churches push Al Gore film. Churches around Maine will be showing a film about climate change as part of a nationwide push by faith-based groups to encourage caring for the environment. [News Source]

Groups call for halt to construction of coal-fired power plants. An environmental group sent a letter to the state's largest coal-fired power company Tuesday urging it to abandon its construction plans. [News Source]

Mihos misses mark on wind farm status. The Cape Wind proposal reared its head in last night's gubernatorial debate, the second of four meetings among the candidates before November's election. [News Source]

Wells Fargo going green. Bay Area banking giant Wells Fargo & Co.plans to buy wind-power certificates to offset 40 percent of its electricity consumption over a three-year period. [News Source]