John Edwards wants U.S. to back G8 on climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday said the United States should join the Group of Eight in a call to cut global warming gas emissions in half by 2050. [News Source]

Western governors to continue focus on global warming (USA Today) The Western Governors' Association will focus on global warming, ways to produce cleaner energy and reducing the impact of climate change, the group's new chairman, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, said Tuesday. [News Source]

Western governors to continue focus on global warming (9 News Denver) PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The Western Governors' Association will focus on global warming, ways to produce cleaner energy and reducing the impact of climate change, the group's new chairman, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, said Tuesday. [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]

Bush tells Lula he’s willing to take global warming to UN (AFP via Yahoo! News) US President George W. Bush telephoned Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and said he would be willing to discuss global warming under UN auspices, Lula's office said Monday. [News Source]

Tuvalu Envoy Takes Up Global Warming Fight (NPR) U.N. Ambassador Afelee Pita left his island nation of fewer than 12,000 people to take up its cause in Manhattan, an island city of millions. Tuvalu's highest point is 13 feet above sea level. Global warming means more storms and a rising sea. [News Source]

Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy draft (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Japan will make further efforts to fight against global warming by reviewing its plan to achieve goals under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and aiming at halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050, a revised draft of the government's economic and fiscal policy guidelines showed Tuesday. [News Source]

Cabinet members eye climate change (Tallahassee Democrat) TALLAHASSEE — While lawmakers debate property tax reforms today, a couple of Cabinet members will be taking on global warming. [News Source]

Global warming could kill off reef fish (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Any rise in sea temperatures due to global warming could decimate fish populations on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, researchers say. [News Source]

Kilimanjaro not a victim of climate change, UW scientist says (Seattle Times) Scientist Philip Mote says researchers may consider his finding an inconvenient truth: The mountain is losing its snowcap, but not because of global warming. [News Source]

Canadians Reject Harper’s Climate Change Targets (Angus Reid) (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Canada disagree with one of their federal administration's ideas to fight global warming, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. [News Source]