Climate rally to call for action. Climate change campaigners are due to rally in London as part of global protests calling for world leaders to act urgently on the issue. [News Source]

Why New Zealand firms are feeling heat over global warming.

Talk of “food miles” in the wake of a major international report on climate change has sent a ripple of fear through New Zealand’s vital export trade.

Space sunshade might be feasible in global warming emergency (PhysOrg) The possibility that global warming will trigger abrupt climate change is something people might not want to think about. But University of Arizona astronomer Roger Angel thinks about it. [News Source]

A New Climate Change National Poll - Politics of Global Warming on Election Day (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) A new national public opinion poll commissioned by Earth Day Network, http://www.earthday.net, shows state and congressional candidates who address Global Warming before the November 7th elections will stand a better chance with Democrats and Independents, who are much more likely than Republicans to consider it a major election issue. [News Source]

Leaked UN report shows Stern is wrong on climate.

The British government has vastly underestimated the costs of its green agenda, which could turn out to be up to five times more expensive than ministers are predicting, according to a leaked United Nations (UN) report obtained by The Business.

UK calls for urgent action to combat global warming (Hindustan Times) Warning that unchecked climate change will be disastrous for the world and cause massive economic losses, Britain on Friday called for urgent action to combat global warming. [News Source]

Environment surfaces in gov’s race. Gov. Rick Perry's efforts to help TXU build a fleet of new coal-fired power plants have become a high profile issue. [News Source]

Climate change special: State of denial. The attacks on Kevin Trenberth, who argued that last year's devastating Atlantic hurricane season, which spawned hurricane Katrina, was linked to global warming, fit a familiar pattern. [News Source]

Australian PM turns a light shade of green. Australia's conservative prime minister has turned a light shade of green, as global warming and his opposition to Kyoto emerge as key political issues in the lead up to an election in 2007. [News Source]

Britain’s holiday-makers are bad for the environment. The combination of a booming economy, a multicultural society, the advent of aggressive, low-cost airlines and Britons' desire to escape their wintry island has made them perhaps the most eager flyers, per capita, on Earth. [News Source]

The big money pouring into carbon trading. The Kyoto Protocol has led to countries working to limit greenhouse emissions. And, it's sparking a hot business in trading carbon emissions credits. [News Source]