U.S. objects to key points at climate change meeting, German official says (Arizona Daily Star) BERLIN — The United States objected to key parts of a discussion on climate change at a meeting between G-8 environmental officials and representatives from five influential developing nations, Germany's environment minister said. [News Source]

Global Warming Rally Set for Capitol (Washington Post) Environmentalists, members of Congress and the mayor of an Alaskan village threatened by rising seas will be among the speakers at a rally tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol aimed at reducing the causes of climate change. [News Source]

Poster child of climate change: Polar bear (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Global warming has found its photogenic, endangered symbol -- the polar bear. [News Source]

Are we to believe latest global warming report? (AG Weekly) The UN Climate Change panel is asserting — again — that humans are overheating the planet. Again, they have no evidence to support their claim — but they want the U.S. to cut its energy use by perhaps 80 percent just in case. [News Source]

Report: Key Water Source Is Affected by Global Warming (AG Weekly) Global warming will worsen drought and reduce flows on the Colorado River, a key water source for several western states, according to a report released Wednesday. [News Source]