Satellites seek global hot spots. Satellites that survey Earth's surface and instruments that probe beneath the sea provide a continuous overview of global climate. [News Source]

Climate change guide launched as prelude to crucial Nairobi talks. For anyone feeling impotent in the face of climate change, help is at hand, in the form of a new 16-step guide to cutting carbon emissions in your own life. [News Source]

US reaffirms Asian environment ties, rejects “arbitrary” targets.

The United States on Tuesday reaffirmed its partnership with Asian giants China and India to cut greenhouse gases, saying it opposed global environment initiatives with “arbitrary” targets.

Climate warning resonates in Switzerland. Economists and climatologists in Switzerland hope a hard-hitting report on the threat of climate change will lead to renewed action on global warming. [News Source]

Kiwis see costs of global warming - Parker (Stuff) Climate Change Minister David Parker believes the "scary" consequences of global warming are finally dawning on New Zealanders. [News Source]

Colo. city to vote on ‘carbon tax.’ Voters in Boulder, Colo., will decide Tuesday whether the city will become the first in the nation to impose a 'carbon tax' on homeowners and businesses to fund efforts to reduce emissions that cause global warming. [News Source]

The low carbon diet. Some people have decided that the way to help fight global warming is to put their daily consumption of energy on a strict diet. [News Source]

World’s report on global warming:”Must try harder”. More than a decade after world leaders pledged to avert "dangerous" climate change, a report card on their efforts so far might read: "Must try harder". [News Source]

Global warming, economic cooling? Sir Nicholas Stern's report on the economics of climate change is about politics—the politics of getting America to lead a global effort to mitigate the effects of climate change. [News Source]

Business embraces its ethical future. Today, whether you like it or not, every purchase on the shop floor of life carries environmental implications. [News Source]

U.S. coal state pursues alternative energy. Gilberton company WMPI Pty. LLC plans to start producing diesel for the state of Pennsylvania and other clients within three years, one of a range of alternative fuel programs to displace some of the coal on which Pennsylvanians are dependent. [News Source]