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. [News Source]

California AG files suit against automakers for global warming damages (Enviornmental News Link) SACRAMENTO, CA (09/25/06) -- Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging their vehicles’ emissions have contributed significantly to global warming, harmed the resources, infrastructure and environmental health of California, and cost the state millions of dollars to address current and future effects. [News Source]

Extended South Pole cold spell blamed for bigger hole in ozone.

That hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is back — and bigger than ever, scientists said Wednesday. Not to worry.

NASA and NOAA announce ozone hole is a double record breaker. NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists report this year's ozone hole in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere has broken records for area and depth. [News Source]

Blair’s energy security warning. Prime Minister Tony Blair will urge the rest of Europe to show its political muscle on climate change, the increasing bloodshed in Darfur, and with the Russians over energy security and freedom of speech. [News Source]

INTERVIEW - Refugees, Disease Big Risk from Global Warming - UN (Planet Ark) BEIJING - The world is not doing enough to combat global warming which, left unchecked, could trigger a mass movement of people and have serious consequences for security, the United Nation's environment chief said on Thursday. [News Source]

Greenland ice sheet on a downward slide. For the first time NASA scientists have analyzed data from direct, detailed satellite measurements to show that ice losses now far surpass ice gains in the shrinking Greenland ice sheet. [News Source]

Greenland ice sheet shrinking fast - NASA. The vast sheet of ice that covers Greenland is shrinking fast, but still not as fast as previous research indicated, NASA scientists said on Thursday. [News Source]

Canada won’t set emissions targets before 2020/25. The Canadian government, which dislikes the Kyoto protocol on climate change, unveiled legislation on Thursday to cap greenhouse gas emissions by major polluters but not until between 2020 and 2025 at the earliest. [News Source]

Clean Air Act revealed; Sayonara, Kyoto. The Harper government’s green plan will adopt a go-slow approach to cleaning up air pollution and establishing targets to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming. [News Source]

Blair warns of climate change ‘tipping points’ . Tony Blair will warn today that the world will reach "catastrophic tipping points" on climate change within 15 years, unless serious action is taken to tackle global warming. [News Source]