World Bank, Dutch buy CO2 cuts from India hydro. The World Bank's private sector arm and the Dutch government agreed on Thursday to buy more than $6 million in carbon emissions reductions from six small hydropower projects in India, the International Finance Corp. said. [News Source]

Researchers trek Antarctic to note global warming. Professor Meng Zhou who has been leading expeditions to the Antartic for more than a dozen years has seen big changes in the environment due to the warming climate. [News Source]

Governor proposes global warming initiative. Governor Rod. R. Blagojevich today announced a new global warming initiative that will build on Illinois’ role as a national leader in protecting the environment and public health. [News Source]

India in the Arctic. India plans to send its first expedition to the Arctic in the International Polar Year next year to research on climate change, at a time when the effects global warming are being a hotly debated. [News Source]

Northeast hotter, like in the South, in warming trend.

Massachusetts could feel like South Carolina within 100 years if warming trends continue, a team of environmental scientists warned.

Climate in court. Is carbon dioxide a pollutant? And, if so, should a reluctant EPA be forced into regulating the gas? These questions will be put before the Supreme Court's nine justices this winter. [News Source]

Study foresees sultry, snow-starved N.E. Summers in Boston could feel like July in South Carolina by the end of the century if global warming is allowed to continue unchecked. [News Source]

Governor moves to cut state pollution. Joining a burgeoning movement to address global warming, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday will order state government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade. [News Source]

Governor moves to cut state pollution. Joining a burgeoning movement to address global warming, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday will order state government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade. [News Source]

Get ready for freak weather, world’s polluters told. The world's top polluting nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and pursue green energy sources. [News Source]

Cuts of up to 80 percent “dead cheap”. Norway can axe emissions of greenhouse gases by up to 80 percent by 2050 without constraining economic growth in the world's number three oil exporter, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday. [News Source]