Industrial world losing sight of Kyoto targets as greenhouse emissions grow. With few exceptions, the world's big industrialized nations are struggling to meet the greenhouse gas reductions they committed to achieve in the embattled Kyoto pact on climate change. [News Source]

Utah resorts join fight against global warming. While the gesture may be symbolic, Utah's ski industry is stepping up its efforts to combat global warming. [News Source]

Study finds oilsands could mitigate climate change. A new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers has concluded that Alberta's oilsands could play a key role in saving the planet from the devastating effects of climate change. [News Source]

NASA temperature website gives climate, hurricane clues. Sea surface temperatures give scientists information about ocean currents, climate, climate change and how a hurricane may evolve. Now, NASA has a web page that provides frequent updates on changing ocean temperatures. [News Source]

Climate change triggers war, warns expert. Dr Colin Butler of Deakin University painted a grim picture of the catastrophic consequence of global warming as communities worldwide competed for scarce resources. [News Source]

Dust ‘affects hurricane activity.’ US researchers have discovered a link between Atlantic hurricane activity and thick clouds of dust that periodically rise up from the Sahara Desert. [News Source]

Wisconsin students work for cleaner campus. Students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse are getting fired up about renewable energy. [News Source]

Climate change inaction will cost ‘trillions’ (The Australian)

FAILING to fight global warming now will cost trillions of dollars by the end of the century even without counting biodiversity loss or unpredictable events like the Gulf Stream shutting down, a study said today.

Climate change inaction will cost trillions: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Failing to fight global warming now will cost trillions of dollars by the end of the century even without counting biodiversity loss or unpredictable events like the Gulf Stream shutting down, a study said on Friday. [News Source]

Big bogs spurred ancient global warming: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Massive peat bogs in Siberia and elsewhere may have helped spur global warming at the end of the last ice age some 12,000 years ago, scientists reported on Thursday. [News Source]

New combatant against global warming: insurance industry (The Christian Science Monitor) The world's second-largest industry, worried about losses related to climate change, offers incentives to 'go green.' [News Source]