Opposition to pursue Ambrose. Canadian Parliament Hill's feud over the environment is set to become a sideshow on the international stage next week when government leaders from around the globe huddle in Kenya. [News Source]

Clean energy activist group presents awards. Near the end of a year when domestic awareness of global warming rose significantly, a Canton-based activist group honored organizations and individuals Saturday evening for promoting renewable energy sources and conservation in Connecticut. [News Source]

Oxfam blasts rich nations over climate change. The aid agency, Oxfam says rich countries have let down poorer nations as talks wrapped up at the UN conference on climate change in Nairobi over the weekend. [News Source]

House control shift aids autism study. Democratic control of the House changes the nation's environmental agenda and affects a related topic that has stirred strong feelings: research on autism. [News Source]

Pombos defeat kindles environmental issues. Activists savored what they called the most successful mid-term election for the environmental movement since at least 1974. [News Source]

Merkel demands US share the burden on climate protection.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that Berlin would make the fight against global warming a centerpiece of its European Union presidency and press the United States to join the effort.

‘No snow in Africa’ will be true. Why these glaciers are melting, and how they can be saved, are questions casting shadows on a UN climate change summit under way in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. [News Source]

Asia-Pacific smokestacks cleaner for cheap: U.S. A U.S.-led coalition of some of the world's top-polluting nations will help clean up industries from coal-mining to steel with "minimal investments", the U.S. chief climate negotiator said. [News Source]

Seesaw current links north and south poles. The results of a study, published today in the journal Nature, suggest that Antarctica's ice could eventually start to melt because of localised warming in the far North Atlantic. [News Source]

How to keep New York afloat. With sea levels rising, once-a-century floods may become once-in-20-years events. One solution: huge storm-surge barriers. [News Source]

As the world’s climate changes, can we? If there was any remaining doubt about the urgent need to combat climate change, two reports issued last week should make the world sit up and take notice. [News Source]