HECO sponsors Friday conference on climate change (Honolulu Advertiser) Hawaiian Electric Company will sponsor a daylong, public discussion Friday on climate change and the environmental, social and economic effects of global warming on Hawai'i. [News Source]

Bush, Merkel Play Up Chances of G-8 Accord on Climate Change (Bloomberg.com) June 6 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel played up the chances of a breakthrough on climate change at the Group of Eight summit, with Bush expressing a ``strong desire'' to fight global warming. [News Source]

UPDATE: As G8 Opens, White House Denies Climate Change Rift (Nasdaq) ROSTOCK, Germany -(Dow Jones)- With leaders of the world's industrialized nations set to tackle climate change at this week's Group of Eight summit, the White House denied it's at odds with Europe on global warming, even though it's not ready to embrace a German proposal to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. [News Source]

As G8 Opens, White House Denies Rift Over Climate Change (Nasdaq) ROSTOCK, Germany -(Dow Jones)- With leaders of the world's industrialized nations set to tackle climate change at this week's Group of Eight summit, the White House denied it's at odds with Europe on global warming, even though it's not ready to embrace a German proposal to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. [News Source]

Brazilian jungle state passes law to curb climate change, global warming (People’s Daily) Brazil's Amazonas state on Tuesday ratified a law to reduce global warming in the state, the state governor Eduardo Braga announced in a statement on Tuesday. [News Source]