PM unveils $500m climate change drive (News Interactive) A $500M fund had been established by the federal and state governments and business to tackle global warming, Prime Minister John Howard announced today. [News Source]

Australia to fight global warming (NDTV) With Australia in the grips of its worst drought in a century, Prime Minister John Howard was set to announce on Monday a 500 million Australian dollar package aimed at preventing global warming. [News Source]

Australia unveils 500-million-dollar climate change drive (TODAYonline) The drought ravaged Gayngaru wetlands of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Australia is to launch a 500-million-dollar drive to tackle global warming, Prime Minister John Howard has announced, as the country battles its worst drought in more than a century. [News Source]

Australia unveils 500-million-dollar climate change drive (AFP via Yahoo! News) Australia is to launch a 500-million-dollar drive to tackle global warming, Prime Minister John Howard has announced, as the country battles its worst drought in more than a century. [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. [News Source]

Climate change - The costs of inaction. The cost of allowing global temperatures to increase by two degrees or more above pre-industrial levels will run into trillions of dollars, while the environmental and social costs will be incalculable. [News Source]

The environment fights back. Global economic growth and rising populations are putting unprecedented stresses on the physical environment, and these stresses in turn are causing unprecedented challenges for our societies. [News Source]

Winds of change. Living an eco-friendly life has now become so mainstream that most of us do it without even noticing. In politics, too, green is the only colour to be seen in. [News Source]

Not enough coverage is given to coming eco-disasters. Coverage of the catastrophic effects of global warming -- far from being overhyped -- actually has downplayed what amounts to an extremely dire situation that threatens human life and planet Earth itself. [News Source]

Global warming may be mother of all finance woes. If global warming triggers devastating climate change and disrupts world agriculture, financial markets will also react severely. [News Source]

Groups blast Santorum on environment. Environmental groups say U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is a complete zero when it comes to protecting the environment. [News Source]