Climate Change & Global Warming (KTHV Little Rock) The former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says climate change and global warming are more than just environmental issues. [News Source]

Britons face hurdles in push for greener future. Britons are becoming more militant about environmental issues, with thousands demonstrating in the streets about climate change and millions more professing their green credentials. [News Source]

Forest fires may actually cool climate. Climatologists have worried for years that forest fires would worsen global warming by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Now, there is an indication that the fires could have a regional cooling effect. [News Source]

Climate session struggles into final day. Delegates from more than 180 nations struggled Friday into the final day of a two-week U.N. climate conference to find a compromise timetable for negotiating deeper cuts in emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. [News Source]

Hot, cold claims cloud climate issue. Wildfires already behave differently because of rising temperatures, scientists said at an international wildfire meeting earlier this week in San Diego, CA. [News Source]

Warming Arctic trying to keep its cool, study finds. Rising temperatures are steadily transforming the Arctic — warming millions of square miles of permafrost, promoting lush greenery on previously arid tundras and steadily shrinking the annual sea ice, scientists reported. [News Source]

Howard’s post-Kyoto message. Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has arrived at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam with the clear aim of selling Australia's view on climate change, stressing that Kyoto agreement was not the only way to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Climate session nears close in dispute over future. China and India were resisting efforts at the U.N. climate conference to begin early talks that might focus on demanding they and other poor but fast-developing nations cut back on emissions linked to global warming, a conference official reported Friday. [News Source]

Canada scolded by France, EU. Canada's Environment Minister Rona Ambrose says the latest attacks from international leaders, who said they were "shocked" by her government's position on global warming, are the result of inaccurate reports and rumours. [News Source]

Leafy trees may fight global warming. University of Florida ecologists and other researchers have found that a reflective effect involving deciduous trees could help offset global warming. [News Source]

Global warming sends a chill through winter sports. Recent scientific projections indicate that skiing will be eliminated at Aspen and other nearby areas by as early as 2050 if global emissions of greenhouse gases are not reduced. [News Source]