The facts: global warming is an issue (The Daily Targum) Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth," Bill Clinton's recent initiative and President George W. Bush's reluctant admission have once again forced the specter of global warming into the public forum. The result has been much of the same sensationalism seen 30 or so years ago, when concerns of preserving our planet's biosphere led to the enactment of an array of environmental legislation. [News Source]

Global Warming Concern Unites Groups (San Diego Business Journal) Four San Diego institutions have announced a partnership to increase awareness of global warming and the impacts it could have on the local climate. Events begin with a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the San Diego Natural History Museum. [News Source]

Global Warming Concern Unites Groups (San Diego Business Journal) Four San Diego institutions have announced a partnership to increase awareness of global warming and the impacts it could have on the local climate. Events begin with a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the San Diego Natural History Museum. [News Source]

Study: U.S. insurers lag Europeans on global warming (The Sacramento Bee) When it comes to assessing the cost of global warming, U.S. insurance companies are playing catch-up with their European counterparts, according to a study released Tuesday by insurer Allianz Group and the World Wildlife Fund. [News Source]

Wind power comes blowing into Dublin. New River Community College is launching a program to train people to work on wind-power turbines in response to growing interest in the technology. [News Source]

New diesel a clear winner. Starting Sunday, most diesel pumps across the nation will flow with fuel that is dramatically cleaner, the first step in a decades-long effort to curb air pollution that can trigger asthma attacks, cause cancer and take years off lives. [News Source]

Dust may dampen hurricane fury. After more than a dozen hurricanes battered the Atlantic Ocean last year, scientists are wondering what - if anything - might be causing stronger and more frequent storms. [News Source]

PM plans ‘intensity’ alternative to Kyoto. Prime Minister Harper said that greenhouse-gas targets in the new environmental policy will be “intensity-based,” a system that effectively scuttles Canada's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

Home wind turbines turn fashionable in Britain. About 80,000 homes in Britain are producing electricity with small renewable power generation units such as turbines. [News Source]

Senator says warming by humans just a hoax. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., has argued repeatedly that the idea that humans are warming the climate is a hoax. [News Source]

Harper’s anti-smog plan blowing smoke, critics say. Prime Minister Harper will impose anti-smog regulations in a new Clean Air Act to be introduced next week, but critics say he is doing little about greenhouse gas emissions while duplicating existing regulations. [News Source]