Researchers say global warming may hit bluefin tuna stocks (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Bluefin tuna stocks in the Pacific could be hit seriously by the end of this century if global warming progresses at the current pace as it might reduce the tuna's breeding ground, a group of researchers said Monday. [News Source]

Hackett Environmentalist Joins Gore In Global Warming Fight (The Morning News) FORT SMITH -- Robert McAfee of Hackett joined forces with Al Gore in the former vice president's initiative to raise awareness about -- and action to slow -- global warming. [News Source]

Global warming not to blame for weather (Sentinel & Enterprise) The surprisingly warm weather recently is not a manifestation of the often-blamed global warming. And it's not nationwide, either. "Las Vegas has already seen more snow than Fitchburg has this year," said Alan Durham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton. [News Source]

‘Liar’ charge is no help in the debate over global warming (Boston Globe) I RECENTLY testified before the US Senate on the issue of global warming. Among the other witnesses was Harvard professor Daniel P. Schrag. Schrag and I disagree on the issue. But as scientists and scholars, presumably we are both dedicated to the disinterested pursuit of truth. [News Source]

Cities cool down global warming Municipalities aren’t waiting for D.C. to help environment (The Olympian) BOULDER, Colo. - Frustrated with the federal response to global warming, hundreds of cities, suburbs and rural communities across the U.S. are taking bold steps to slash their energy consumption and reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause climate change. [News Source]

Trees are a global warming solution, and a problem (Contra Costa Times) Last month's U.N. conference on climate change ended without firm promises of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, and critics were quick to suggest that the 5,000 attendees -- by jetting to Nairobi and pumping 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide high in the atmosphere -- had done more harm to the planet's climate than good. [News Source]

Municipalities cool down global warming (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) BOULDER, Colo. – Frustrated with the federal response to global warming, hundreds of cities, suburbs and rural communities across the U.S. are taking bold steps to slash their energy consumption and reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause climate change. [News Source]

KU takes flight to aid study of global warming (Kansas City Star) Somewhere in Antarctica, a little plane with a University of Kansas logo is doing its part to help scientists understand global warming. [News Source]

Recalculating the Costs of Global Climate Change Click here (YaleGlobal Online) Without immediate action to reduce global warming, the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change warns that governments around the world risk severe economic damage, predicting a 20 percent reduction in the global gross domestic product. [News Source]