Ryanair boss labels flight critics ‘econuts, idiots and headbangers’. The head of the no-frills airline Ryanair has launched a vitriolic attack on the Stern report on climate change, claiming that shooting the world's cow population would do more to combat global warming than banning low-cost air travel. [News Source]

Global warming has some rethinking nukes. Would you rather live next to a nuclear reactor or a coal-fired power plant? It's a question a lot of environmentalists have been asking themselves lately. [News Source]

U.N. climate change conference opens with appeals for urgent action (Japan Today) NAIROBI — Environmentalists and officials from around the world opened a U.N. climate change conference Monday with appeals for urgent action to curb global warming that threatens billions of people on the planet. [News Source]

UN conference hears urgent calls for action on global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Environmentalists and officials from around the world opened a UN climate change conference with appeals for urgent action to curb global warming that threatens billions of people on the planet. [News Source]

Today’s greener pastures may be tomorrow’s dustbowl.

The New England pastures around Tamworth may resemble the arid areas around Warialda, 190 kilometres to the north-west, by 2030 if global warming trends continue, the CSIRO has warned.

Global warming threatens poverty reduction - Kenya (SABC News) Kenya urged a 189-nation climate change conference today to do more to tackle global warming, which is threatening to undo recent successes in the fight against poverty. [News Source]

Global warming threatens poverty reduction: Kenya (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Kenya urged a 189-nation climate change conference on Monday to do more to tackle global warming, which is threatening to undo recent successes in the fight against poverty. [News Source]

Global warming threatens poverty reduction (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Kenya urged a 189-nation climate change conference on Monday to do more to fight global warming which is threatening to reverse recent gains in poverty reduction, particularly in Africa. [News Source]

Global warming threatens poverty reduction - Kenya (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Recasts) By Daniel Wallis and Gerard Wynn NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Kenya urged a 189-nation climate change conference on Monday to do more to tackle global warming, which is threatening to undo ... [News Source]

China bakery tycoon joins climate change fight (AlertNet) Source: Reuters NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - China's richest baker has turned climate change crusader. Inspired to fight global warming after a visit to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Hong Luo has pledged a ... [News Source]

The plastic garbage pit of the Pacific. Plastic trash caught up in a swirling vortex in the North Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is killing sea life, choking birds and fish and entangling seals and sea lions. [News Source]