NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments (New York Times) Michael D. Griffin said Friday that he regretted having sparked a furor last week when he said he was not sure climate change ?is a problem we must wrestle with.? [News Source]

Climate change raises threat of water wars (The Japan Times) PRAGUE — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released alarming data on the consequences of global warming in some of the world's poorest regions. By 2100, 1 billion to 3 billion... Read more ... [News Source]

G8 Countries Agree on Process To Address Global Warming (U.S. Department of State) Leaders of the Group of Eight countries agree on an accelerated process that eventually can lead to “substantial” cuts in emissions that contribute to global warming. “We are … committed to taking strong and early action to tackle climate change,” they say in a declaration issued in Heiligendamm, Germany. Calling climate change an “urgent challenge,” the leaders called on the countries that are ... [News Source]

Monuments threatened by global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) For centuries, Europe's monuments have withstood earthquakes, fire and plundering. Now cultural treasures from the Colosseum to Westminster Abbey could face new threats from climate change, a study says. [News Source]

Global warming workshops this weekend in Ithaca (Star-Gazette) The Climate Change Action Group of Central New York is hosting two free workshops on ways individuals and communities can lower global warming emissions. [News Source]