Climate change not behind bushfires: PM (Summit Sun) Prime Minister John Howard has poured cold water on debate linking Australia's extreme bushfires with climate change. Announcing a $61.2 million funding packaging to fight bushfires, Mr Howard said global warming was not solely to blame for the summer's scorching blazes. [News Source]

Climate change not behind bushfires: PM (Nyngan Observer) Prime Minister John Howard has poured cold water on debate linking Australia's extreme bushfires with climate change. Announcing a $61.2 million funding packaging to fight bushfires, Mr Howard said global warming was not solely to blame for the summer's scorching blazes. [News Source]

Climate change not behind bushfires: PM (Nyngan Observer) Prime Minister John Howard has poured cold water on debate linking Australia's extreme bushfires with climate change. Announcing a $61.2 million funding packaging to fight bushfires, Mr Howard said global warming was not solely to blame for the summer's scorching blazes. [News Source]

Pope Should Talk Climate Change With Bush - Cardinal (Planet Ark) VATICAN CITY - A senior adviser to Pope Benedict said on Thursday he believes the Pontiff should raise the dangers of climate change and global warming with US President George W. Bush when the two meet in June. [News Source]

Ottawa to unveil climate change strategy amid criticism (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada's Conservative government will present a much-anticipated plan to combat global warming on Thursday but critics have already dismissed Ottawa's approach as insufficient and accused the government of forsaking the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

Ottawa to unveil climate change strategy amid criticism (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada's Conservative government will present a much-anticipated plan to combat global warming on Thursday but critics have already dismissed Ottawa's approach as insufficient and accused the government of forsaking the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

White House Downplays Differences With EU Over Climate Change (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The White House downplayed differences with the European Union over climate change, but conceded that next week's U.S.-E.U. summit won't produce a breakthrough pact on global warming. [News Source]