Boxer, senators pressure president on global warming. Sen. Barbara Boxer and two other Democratic senators sent a letter to President Bush on Wednesday urging him to work with the new Congress on climate change legislation. [News Source]

Annan calls climate change threat to peace and security. Climate change is not just an environmental issue but a threat to peace and security, and those who fail to recognize it are "out of step" with global realities, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday. [News Source]

UN’s Annan launches climate fund scheme for Africa, other poor. United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, supported by five UN agencies, launched a scheme on Wednesday to help the world's poorest, mostly African, countries benefit from an innovative mechanism to combat global warming. [News Source]

US rejects Annan’s greenhouse gas plea. Washington rejected pleas by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and dismissed his charge that there was a "frightening lack of leadership" in combating global warming. [News Source]

Annan attacks big polluters on emissions. In a thinly veiled attack on the US and Australia, the UN secretary general Kofi Annan said yesterday a "frightening lack of leadership" was hindering the fight against global warming. [News Source]

Save the environment while helping the poor. When Van Jones thinks about building an environmentally sustainable economy, he pictures lots of new jobs, and he wants at-risk urban youths to get those jobs. [News Source]

Solar - sustainable source of energy. Zimbabwe and numerous other African countries are experiencing a major energy crisis despite the enormous potential for the development of solar energy which is the easiest, cleanest and most sustainable source of energy in the coming future. [News Source]

Weird science getting new respect, just in case. Some weird science is getting serious looks by leading climate experts who say it would be folly not to prepare emergency measures to try to stop global warming in its tracks. [News Source]

US mayors don’t wait for Washington on warming. US mayors swapped global warming strategies this week at a snowed-in summit in Utah, and some hoped the federal government would follow their lead. [News Source]

Democratic senators press Bush to shift climate stance. Three Democratic senators urged President Bush to support mandatory US limits on greenhouse gases and work with the international community to forge an "equitable" global agreement on climate change. [News Source]

Annan faults ‘frightening lack of leadership’ for global warming. Secretary General Annan put the blame for global warming on "a frightening lack of leadership," saying the poorest people, who do not create much pollution, bear the brunt of rising temperatures. [News Source]