Schwarzenegger urges faster action on climate change (San Diego Union-Tribune) WASHINGTON, 5:17 p.m. April 11 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): In a speech coinciding with his appearance in a Newsweek cover story on global warming, Gov. Schwarzenegger on Wednesday told an audience of college students that those who refuse to address climate change are “fanatics.” [News Source]

Europe faces heatwaves as climate change takes hold: IPCC (AFP via Yahoo! News) Sweltering under the summer sun could become a regular feature of European life as global warming leads to frequent heatwaves, climate change experts warned here on Wednesday. [News Source]

Japan, China commit to post-Kyoto global warming efforts (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Japan and China issued a joint statement Wednesday to boost cooperation on 10 specific environment areas, featuring a commitment of "political will" to fight global warming in an envisioned new climate change framework from 2013. [News Source]

Climate change would affect Midwest (Rapid City Journal) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A University of North Dakota professor who worked on a global warming report says the Upper Midwest’s ecosystem is not immune to climate change, and a professor at South Dakota State University says duck populations in the region could suffer. [News Source]

Gingrich Urges Action on Climate Change (The New York Sun) WASHINGTON — In a break with some conservatives, a former House speaker, Newt Gingrich, is joining those calling for "urgent" action to address global warming as he sparred yesterday with Senator Kerry on whether government or the marketplace should be the chief instrument in combating climate change. "It is a problem. We should address it, and we should address it very actively," Mr. Gingrich, ... [News Source]