China backs down on global tax. China has buckled to global pressure and is now backing a possible carbon tax. [News Source]

EU hails ’solid progress’ at climate conference. The European Union on Saturday hailed progress made at a worldwide conference on climate change in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. [News Source]

G-20 finance chiefs discuss climate change. Finance chiefs from 20 of the world's most powerful economies added climate change to their list of issues at an annual gathering that ended Sunday, expressing concern about the problem but conceding there is division on how to deal with it. [News Source]

The heat is on. Michigan is in for a cultural shift - slush fishing, cross-country mudding and grassmobiling. [News Source]

Texas water plan ignores global warming, scientist warns. A new state water plan adopted last week largely ignores global warming effects that could create a greater than estimated water shortfall in the next 50 years. [News Source]

Slopes are turning green. Ski slopes all over the Northeast are turning green. [News Source]

Go to code green. Global climate change is raising some serious jitters for skiers and resort businesses alike. [News Source]

City joins effort on climate. When the Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously last week to join Cities for Climate Protection and sign the US Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, its message was clear. [News Source]

Tiny Tuvalu packs a powerful punch. Imagine the world knew global warming was about to destroy 43 nations, "but not which 43", Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu's UN ambassador, told the summit on Friday. [News Source]

New Climate Change Measures Agreed At UN Conference In Nairobi (EuropaWorld) A series of measures designed to help developing countries adapt to the effects of global warming will soon be put in place thanks to an agreement reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, just concluded in Nairobi. [News Source]

Kyoto format hits political snag in Kenya.

Efforts to deepen action against climate change struggled against political obstacles, the penultimate day of marathon United Nations talks to address the world’s most pressing environmental threat.