Bush facing pressure on global warming at G8 summit (Reuters via Yahoo! News) President George W. Bush is under pressure from European allies to give ground on climate change at next week's meeting of the world's richest countries, but policy experts say prospects for a breakthrough are slim. [News Source]

WWF seeks gov’t action vs climate change (INQ7 Business) The environmental group Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) will ask government for an alternative program to combat global warming and climate change if Congress will not pass the renewable energy bill, an official of the group said. [News Source]

Bank branches out with a plan to help fight global warming (Times Online) OXFORDSHIRE The biggest field investigation into how climate change affects trees was announced yesterday as part of a multimillion-pound project to combat global warming. [News Source]

California, Ontario join forces on stem cell, global warming efforts (AFP via Yahoo! News) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced plans Wednesday to join forces to advance stem cell research and curb global warming. [News Source]

Global climate change? Let’s go shopping (Vail Trail) Out of nowhere, it almost seems, everyone is talking about global warming. Presidential candidates, corporate moguls, media pundits — the news is saturated with the latest climate-change buzzwords. [News Source]

HSBC launches ‘green task force’ on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global banking giant HSBC donated 50 million pounds (73.5 million euros, 98.8 million dollars) Wednesday to set up a "green task force" to tackle climate change worldwide. [News Source]

European bank donates $100 million to combat climate change (USA Today) HSBC, Europe's largest bank by market value, on Wednesday pledged $100 million to fund climate change projects, including efforts to clean up the Thames, Ganges, Yangtze and Amazon rivers. [News Source]

Global warming: Tropical storms revealed as new factor in heat mix (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hurricanes and typhoons play a significant role in distributing the ocean's heat, say US researchers, who believe they have uncovered a major, but hitherto-ignored aspect of global warming. [News Source]

HSBC donates $100 million to combat climate change (International Herald Tribune) HSBC, Europe's largest bank by market value, on Wednesday pledged US$100 million (€74.5 million) towards funding climate change projects, including efforts to clean up the Ganges, Yangtze, and Amazon rivers. [News Source]

HSBC launches ‘green task force’ on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global banking giant HSBC donated 50 million pounds (73.5 million euros, 98.8 million dollars) Wednesday to set up a "green task force" to tackle climate change worldwide. [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]