Liberal minister warns against climate change panic (The West Australian) It should not be seen as a sin to be cautious about the science of global warming, a senior Federal Government minister has warned. Finance Minister Nick Minchin says "there remains an ongoing debate about the extent of climate change" and the extent of human activity's role in global warming. [News Source]

PEA lecture on global warming (Exeter News-Letter) Phillips Exeter Academy and the "We The People Series" sponsor a free public lecture Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Academy Building, 53 Front St. Timothy Wirth, president, United Nations Foundation, will present "Global Warming, Climate Change, and Sustainability." [News Source]

Tories join new climate change talks (Canada.com) Environment minister John Baird. OTTAWA - One day after ridiculing Opposition legislation designed to enforce Canada's obligations to fight global warming on the world stage, the Conservative government is joining a British-led effort to create a new post-Kyoto agreement on climate change. [News Source]

Economists Debate Climate Change (Hartford Courant) Panel Members Question Findings On The Costs Of Damage From Global Warming Yale welcomed Sir Nicholas Stern, the British economist whose team offered an urgent warning last fall on the worldwide economic impact of climate change, and then gave him a good grilling Thursday. [News Source]