Climate change ‘an opportunity’ (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) UK farmers must see climate change as an opportunity, not just a threat, according to Environment Secretary David Miliband. [News Source]

Lake may ‘predict climate change’ (BBC News) Scientists from two Welsh universities drill beneath an Ethiopian lake to test theories on climate change. [News Source]

Oregon Zoo offers lecture series on impact of global warming (The Hillsboro Argus) PORTLAND - Some say global warming isn't an issue, but in the past 50 years, average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia have climbed by as much as 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 4 degrees Celsius). [News Source]

Time for global action on climate change (Financial Times) This year the public, at least in Europe, has taken on board the urgent need for global action to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Nigeria: ‘Country Vulnerable to Climate Change’ (AllAfrica.com) The Minister for Environment Minister Helen Esuene has raised fears that the Nigeria is "extremely vulnerable to the impact of climate change". [News Source]

New report from U.N. puts ‘global warming’ in very different light (The Morning Journal) Greedy, thoughtless mankind, with his fume-belching vehicles, has ignited an environmental catastrophe called global warming, or so they say. [News Source]

Other Views: Polar bears and global warming (The Idaho Statesman) Long the poster child of global warming, this week the polar bear became its official icon. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed designating the bears "threatened" by the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice, which is essential to their survival. [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]

New laws raise minimum wage, target global warming (The Times of Northwest Indiana) For hundreds of thousands of minimum-wage workers around the country, the new year brings a raise. Musicians worried about copycats get some protection in Illinois. And California takes steps to reduce the power-plant pollution that is believed to contribute to global warming. [News Source]

Woman messenger for climate change (The Express-Times) Fresh off the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," the critically-acclaimed documentary on the dangers of global warming, former Vice President Al Gore participated in a conference call this summer sponsored by moveon.org. [News Source]