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]

‘Hot-air’ approach not enough. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new green plan is a "hot-air" approach that would continue to accelerate the devastating effects of global warming by giving major industry polluters an easy ride, leading Canadian environmentalists said Tuesday. [News Source]

Investors urge more company action on warming. Investors from California to Australia representing trillions of dollars in assets urged companies on Wednesday to take more account of the long-term risks of global warming. [News Source]

U.S. insurers told to look at risk of future losses. When it comes to assessing the cost of global warming, U.S. insurance companies are playing catch-up with their European counterparts. [News Source]

Canada’s Harper says new clean air act coming. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday his government would unveil a tough law next week to curb air pollution and greenhouse gases that cause global warming, but only in the long term. [News Source]

Conte refuge in danger. Endangered birds, fish and plants in Massachusetts are disproportionately threatened by global warming, according to a new report that identifies a massive New England wildlife refuge as a potential casualty of the shifting climate. [News Source]

Climate activists put the big melt on Blair . Environmental campaigners today said they would turn up the heat on Tony Blair to take action on climate change as they unveiled a metre-high ice sculpture of his head. [News Source]

Environmentalists demand action from European carmakers. The European media in general and British TV and Radio in particular believe that humans are warming the climate and that Earth will perish unless we curb emissions of carbon dioxide by foreswearing the automobile and aeroplane. [News Source]