Britain, New Zealand in step on trade, global warming, Clark says.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark said she and British counterpart Tony Blair were “talking the same language” on climate change and world trade after discussions in London on Friday.

Waterloo backs environmental programs. Waterloo city council demonstrated its commitment to the environment at Monday night's meeting after hearing about the impacts of climate change on air quality. [News Source]

Kyoto spat heads to Kenya. Parliament Hill's family feud over the environment is set to become a side-show on the international stage next week, when government leaders from around the globe huddle in Kenya. [News Source]

Space maps could aid climate - scientists. Photographs taken from space can track deforestation in developing nations and could be used along with cash incentives to safeguard trees and combat global warming, experts say. [News Source]

Space maps of forests from 1990s could aid climate. Photographs taken from space can track deforestation in developing nations and could be used along with cash incentives to safeguard trees and combat global warming, experts say as quoted by Reuters. [News Source]

Warming threat to earth’s seas, marine life endangers mankind: study. Urgent and resolute measures must be taken to arrest rising global temperatures that increasingly threaten the delicate balance of marine ecosystems and human lives, scientists warned Thursday. [News Source]

Deforestation exacerbates droughts, floods. Frequent droughts and floods in eastern Africa can partly be blamed on widespread deforestation in the region, experts have said. [News Source]

Opposition urges Conservatives to reaffirm Canada’s commitment to Kyoto. Opposition parties on Thursday urged Conservatives to ensure that Canada takes a leading role at the ongoing global conference on global warming, calling on the government to reaffirm its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. [News Source]

Kenya’s Maasai plead for help against global warming. Members of Kenya's Maasai tribe appealed Friday for "urgent action" to fight climate change, saying global warming for which they are not responsible is destroying their traditional way of life. [News Source]

Texas’s big global warming battle. Big companies have grown accustomed to working closely with save-the-earth groups, unlike TXU, the Texas utility company and its ambitious $10-billion plan to build 11 coal-fired power plants in the next few years. [News Source]

EU’s Dimas challenges states on emissions plans. The European Commission renewed its threat on Thursday to reject plans from EU countries that set lax limits on how much carbon dioxide companies covered by the bloc's emissions trading scheme may emit in 2008-2012. [News Source]