Climate chief seeks UN summit to invigorate global warming action (The Nation) PARIS - The United Nations' top official on climate change on Monday said he would ask new UN boss Ban Ki-moon to host a summit to breathe life into sagging efforts to fight global warming. [News Source]

Global warming may have a very local effect (Daily Press) Few images get one's attention about global warming like a map showing how a few feet of sea level rise would leave many Hampton Roads neighborhoods under water. [News Source]

Report Reveals ExxonMobil’s Disinformation Tactics Against Climate Change Science (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) James Fraser submits: A new report titled Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air from the Union of Concerned Scientists asserts that ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same organizations and personnel, to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action on the issue. [News Source]

A history of climate change debate (Guardian Unlimited) Climate change may be a hot topic, but the debate has been going on for 200 years. Stephan Harding reports. [News Source]

Bird flu, climate change among Asia’s threats (AFP via Yahoo! News) Asian nations must unite to confront bird flu, climate change and a growing list of other issues that threaten the region, analysts said at a conference. [News Source]

Global Warming Adds to Oil Volatility, Analyst Split (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Blame it on global warming. Record-breaking temperatures in the U.S. and Europe are reducing fuel demand and contributing to the biggest fluctuations in oil in more than a year. Wall Street has never been more divided on the direction of crude, adding to price swings. [News Source]

Commentary: Love Global Warming (Forbes) Love Global Warming [News Source]

Bird flu, climate change among Asia’s threats (Channel NewsAsia) SINGAPORE : Asian nations must unite to confront bird flu, climate change and a growing list of other issues that threaten the region, analysts said Monday at a conference. [News Source]

Gore mobilizes global warming activists (Tennessean) Hundreds of volunteers from across the country have flocked to Nashville this fall and winter and more are here today as part of a grass-roots training effort to spread the word on global warming. [News Source]

Global Warming Intensifies Oil Volatility, Split on Wall Street (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Blame it on global warming. Record-breaking temperatures in the U.S. and Europe are reducing fuel demand and contributing to the biggest fluctuations in oil in more than a year. Wall Street has never been more divided on the direction of crude, adding to price swings. [News Source]

Ancient global warming was jarring, not subtle, study finds (Sun-Sentinel) Foreshadowing potential climate chaos to come, early global warming caused unexpectedly severe and erratic temperature swings as rising levels of greenhouse gases helped transform Earth, a team led by researchers at UC Davis said Thursday. [News Source]