Global Warming Charging Up Hurricanes (KXAN 36 Austin) Talk about a heated question. Is global warming leading to more destructive hurricanes? A leading researcher from MIT says yes. KXAN NBC Austin Meteorologist Laura Skirde caught up with him Thursday in Austin to get the full story. [News Source]

We must wean ourselves from the fossil-fuel habit. Our goal should not be to make gasoline from whatever source we can find, but to wean ourselves from the oil patch. Instead of subsidizing fossil fuel, we should move full speed ahead in an effort for alternate energy sources. [News Source]

Climate change could be good for us.

The global warming alarmists want you to feel under siege, not under the weather.

Should Everest be closed? Ravaged by water and air pollution, Everest has been described as the highest junkyard in the world. [News Source]

Air quality threatened by booming economy. Scientists are not finished analyzing data from a 2005 study, but "Alberta produces higher emissions of particulate matter than any other province, and the rapid growth of urban centres and oil and gas developments has raised concerns about air quality in the future," a preliminary report says. [News Source]

Report rekindles debate on Indian Point risks. Views are divided in the Indian Point debate after this week's Nuclear Regulatory Commission report that found radioactive water leaks from Indian Point and other U.S. nuclear reactors haven't affected public health. [News Source]

Uranium mill likely coming to West Slope. A fuel company's plans to build a uranium mill west of Naturita could bring jobs and revitalization, but environmentalists worry about the mill’s potential impact on area air quality and how the uranium ore is stored and transported. [News Source]

Another sign of long-term water worries. Generous rain in recent weeks took southeastern Nebraska out of the drought zone. But the moisture really isn’t enough to assuage worries about global warming and permanent climate change. [News Source]

A lot of hot air on pollution. We are not going to criticize Premier Dalton McGuinty for standing up for Ontario's auto industry last week. What we are going to criticize him for, however, is running around in the 2003 election campaign pretending that governments don't have to make tough choices all the time between protecting jobs and protecting the environment. [News Source]

Global warming: a hot investment opportunity? The push by some major energy companies and countries like China toward renewable sources of power will offer new options for investors. [News Source]

Changes needed to address climate. Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. That needs to change. [News Source]