Mass. takes on global warming. Massachusetts will take center stage in the global warming debate this month, when the Supreme Court takes on a case that could force U.S. officials to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars, power plants and anything that burns a fossil fuel. [News Source]

Global warming or global awareness? (Pravda) UN Conference on Climate Change, Kenya, 6th to 17th November 2006. The Second Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol of Kyoto and the 12th Session of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change since the Rio Summit, 1992, were held in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa this year. [News Source]

Climate change hits hard in the Australian outback (The Christian Science Monitor) Severe drought has Australia debating the effects of global warming and its impact on farming. [News Source]

Europeans ‘would accept climate change curbs’ (Financial Times) Europeans are overwhelmingly convinced that human activity is contributing to global warming, and a majority would be prepared to accept restrictions on their lifestyle to combat it, according to a poll for the Financial Times. [News Source]

US pours scorn on international greenhouse tax proposal. The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has described as unacceptable a French proposal to tax the imports of countries that refuse to sign the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

‘Smart’ homes to eat their rubbish. A new generation of 'smart' buildings, which can consume their own rubbish and power themselves, is needed to help Britain withstand the shock of global warming, the government's chief scientist will warn in a call for an end to a culture of waste. [News Source]

World will end in 2 to 3 generations, 72 per cent of British Columbians fear. Nearly three-quarters of British Columbians believe life as we know it will end in another two or three generations unless drastic and immediate action is taken to curb global warming, according to the results of a new poll. [News Source]

Evangelical spreads green message. As a "born-again" Christian preaching environmentalism, J. Matthew Sleeth is part of a growing phenomenon of evangelical Christians who think protecting the natural world should transcend politics. [News Source]

A troubled river mirrors China’s path to modernity. The source of the Yellow River, itself the water source for 140 million people, is in crisis, as scientists warn that the glaciers and underground water system feeding the river are gravely threatened. [News Source]

At stake is nothing less than the survival of human civilisation.

We have the opportunity to become the Greatest Generation, responding to our climate debate – but only if we take urgent action to limit global warming.

MEPs produce 190,000 tonnes of CO2 a year carbon emissions. The European Parliament is well known for championing measures to combat global warming, but MEPs themselves are guilty of producing thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide, unnecessarily, each month. [News Source]