Bush worries about climate change: Joyce (Sydney Morning Herald) Queensland Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce says people in drought-stricken rural Australia are starting to worry that climate change is the cause of their predicament. [News Source]

Around the Mountains: Colorado climate change sessions dominate upcoming autumn agenda (Summit Daily News) DURANGO - If global warming isn't being tackled now, it's not for lack of talking. Crested Butte has already held a conference devoted to climate change, and additional conferences were scheduled this week in Aspen and Durango. [News Source]

Global Warming Would Hit Home: Scientist Sees More Droughts, Wildfires (RedNova) By Christopher Rodkey, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Oct. 15--If climate change hits North Idaho like several scientists said it might Saturday, a shorter ski season at Schweitzer will be the least of the region's concerns. [News Source]

Global warming aids French winegrowers (The Manila Times) PARIS: After New World producers Australia and Chile, French winegrowers could soon face new competition from Britain, as global warming helps grapes take root in milder cross-Channel climes, scientists say. [News Source]

Howard backs nuclear power.

Prime Minister John Howard has given his strongest support yet to the use of nuclear power in Australia, backing the local development of the “clean” energy industry.

Candidates’ solutions for global warming can help (Poughkeepsie Journal) It's easy to distinguish those congressional candidates in the Hudson Valley who understand the urgency of combating climate change from those who don't. [News Source]

Clearing the air? The Stephen Harper government is poised to redraw Canada's green plan for air pollution this week, shelving a Liberal-coloured Kyoto plan that it says was never attainable anyhow in the process. [News Source]

Alternative fuels get a break. In a dramatic turnaround from previous years, South Carolina is offering a number of tax incentives to encourage the use of alternative fuels. [News Source]

Climate change bill could be in Queen’s Speech (Financial Times) A climate change bill could be included in next month's Queen's Speech, setting up an independent body to monitor the government's performance in tackling global warming. [News Source]

Climate change is expensive. Does that help? An influential report out this month concludes that it will be cheaper to act on global warming now than to wait, but campaigners doubt whether the government will respond. [News Source]

Citing heavenly injunctions to fight earthly warming. Father Morris has sharply reduced his small parish's energy use and emissions of carbon dioxide, the compound most scientists believe has led to global warming, and has organized others to do the same. [News Source]