INSIDE SCIENCE: Climate change in our own backyard (The Standard-Times) 2006 was the warmest year on record, and the unseasonably mild winter weather has people wondering if global warming is to blame. Evidence is mounting that humans are contributing significantly to global climate change through greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Rosenfield Symposium to Focus on ‘Global Climate Change and Our Energy Future’ (Newswise) Discussion of global climate change seems to be everywhere these days. Fans of the popular Weather Channel learn about global climate change from meteorologists and research scientists, usually in 10- or 15-second sound bites. And, recently, former Vice President Al Gore received an Academy Award for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," which looks at his crusade to halt global warming. [News Source]

Europe faces global warming double whammy, but can cope: UN experts (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global warming will hit Europe hard but unevenly this century, causing drought, reduced harvests and deadly heatwaves in the south but inflicting more floods and severe winter storms farther north, UN experts say in a report to be unveiled next week. [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]

Bradbury to talk about climate change (The World) The Climate Project, in conjunction with the South Coast Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship, will host a presentation by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury on climate change and global warming at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. [News Source]

Who might win from global warming (CNN Money) Climate scientists working on the Untied Nation's report on global warming say documented effects of rising temperatures include more plant and tree-eating insects, shifting weather patterns, and the spread of disease causing organisms in humans. [News Source]

From CQ Today: Republican?s Opposition Kills Global Warming Concert on Capitol Grounds (New York Times) Al Gore may have to face another inconvenient truth — his highly touted Live Earth concert is no match for Senate procedural tactics. On Wednesday, concert organizers pulled the plug on Washington as a venue for raising money and awareness on climate change , thanks in part to global warming skeptic James M. Inhofe. [News Source]

Website checks your home’s climate change risk (USA Today) A computerized service that assesses global warming risks and other environmental threats is now available for any address in the contiguous USA. Three scientists have created Climate Appraisal Services, calling it the first online, address-based tool for gauging climate-change hazards in the next 50-100 years. [News Source]

Sheryl Crow and Laurie David in bus tour to encourage college students to join global warming fight (EARTHtimes.org)

Grammy Award winning singer Sheryl Crow is scheduled to begin the Stop Global Warming College Tour in Dallas in the company of activist Laurie David. The purpose of the tour is to encourage college students to become a part of the movement to fight climate change.

Sheryl Crow to Visit UF on Global Warming (First Coast News) GAINESVILLE, FL (AP) -- Singer Sheryl Crow will visit the University of Florida next month as part of the Stop Global Warming College Tour. The show will feature a performance by Crow, remarks by climate-change activist Laurie David and clips from the movie "An Inconvenient Truth." [News Source]

Crow tour hits UF to raise global warming awareness (Gainesville Sun) Singer Sheryl Crow and climate change activist Laurie David will visit the University of Florida next month as part of the Stop Global Warming College Tour. [News Source]