Arctic swim record to highlight climate change (The West Australian) A British adventurer is planning to highlight the effects of global warming by becoming the first person to swim at the North Pole and break his own record for the coldest swim. [News Source]

Mexico Launches Plan to Combat Global Warming (Planet Ark) MEXICO CITY - Mexico promised to plant 250 million trees this year and ban old trucks and buses from the roads as part of a plan launched on Friday to fight global warming. [News Source]

Germans prepare to fight U.S. on climate change (International Herald Tribune) At a G-8 summit meeting next week, the Bush administration is expected to block a declaration on global warming. [News Source]

Gore-trained speaker to talk on global warming (The York Dispatch) Those curious about an already record-breaking spring for tornadoes or the disappearance of honeybees might find some answers at an upcoming talk about global warming. [News Source]

Global warming-hurricane link spurs controversy (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Climate scientists agree there have been a lot of strong hurricanes lately. They agree that warmer seas have given these storms some extra punch. But they disagree how much global warming is to blame. [News Source]

Climate change hope for bog plan (BBC News) A five-year project restoring rare habitats in mid and north Wales could help combat climate change. [News Source]

Climate change tops guv’s to-do list (The Salt Lake Tribune) Global warming fray ready to heat up Utah's leaders spoke out on climate change years ago, when legislators directed the governor "to prohibit Utah state agencies from implementing any strategies to reduce greenhouse gases" unless the [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]