Persistent dead zone off Oregon coast linked to global warming. A recent United Nations report listed 200 dead zones around the world. Almost all of them are caused by fertilizer and pollution running down rivers to feed huge algae blooms. [News Source]

The day that changed the climate. Climate change has been made the world's biggest priority, with the publication of a stark report showing that the planet faces catastrophe unless urgent measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Filmmaker a big donor behind the scenes . Hollywood producer Stephen Bing has become the main force behind Proposition 87, a statewide initiative that seeks to raise $4 billion in oil production tax to help develop alternative fuels. [News Source]

Sea overwhelms Sunderbans islands. The rising sea has devoured two of the nearly 100 tiny islands in the Sunderbans delta and threatening submergence of a dozen others having a population of over 10,000. [News Source]

A global catastrophe of our own making. Average global temperatures have increased by less than 1C since the Industrial Revolution, but they are projected to increase by up to 5C over the coming century if carbon dioxide levels continue to rise without restraint. [News Source]

Food miles debate reignited by climate change report (Nutraingredients.com) 10/31/2006 - New Zealand's kiwifruit is the latest food export to be named as a contributor to global warming, prompted by a new UK report on climate change. [News Source]

Grit hits the fan on pollution credits. California's landmark law to fight global warming by clamping down on greenhouse gas emissions has not even taken effect, and already the Democrats in the Legislature who crafted the bill are at odds with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. [News Source]

In Britain, all parties want to color the flag green. Blair and Cameron are rivals, but their shared outspoken devotion to fighting global warming illustrates the unity among leaders across the political spectrum on the dangers of climate change. [News Source]

Don’t blame us, say the global gas guzzlers. The White House offered a cool response to the Stern report, acknowledging that it was a "contribution" to the study of global warming but declining to endorse its findings. [News Source]

PM defiant despite global warming alarm. John Howard has dug in over coal-fired power, nuclear energy and his refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol in the face of an international report predicting a catastrophic economic cost of $9 trillion if nothing is done to stop global warming. [News Source]

Scientists, American public disagree sharply over global warming. When it comes to global warming, scientists and the American public aren't talking on the same wavelength. [News Source]