UN climate change meeting runs long (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) The first-ever U.N. General Assembly meeting on climate change needed an extra day Thursday so speakers from worried nations could discuss global warming's impact and the need for international action. Calling climate change "the most pressing and important international issue of our time," Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said "the world is actually motivated on the issue in a way it ... [News Source]

UN climate change meeting runs long (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) The first-ever U.N. General Assembly meeting on climate change needed an extra day Thursday so speakers from worried nations could discuss global warming's impact and the need for international action. Calling climate change "the most pressing and important international issue of our time," Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said "the world is actually motivated on the issue in a way it ... [News Source]

UN climate change meeting runs long (AP via Yahoo! News) The first-ever U.N. General Assembly meeting on climate change needed an extra day Thursday so speakers from worried nations could discuss global warming's impact and the need for international action. [News Source]

UN Assembly’s first climate change meeting needs extra day to finish business (CNews) UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The first-ever UN General Assembly meeting on climate change needed an extra day Thursday so speakers from worried countries could discuss global warming's impact and the need for international action. [News Source]

Global-warming legislation will mean new tax (East Brunswick Sentinel) This letter is in response to Eddie Konczal's letter to the editor, "Congress: Follow N.J.'s Global-Warming Lead" (Sentinel, July 26), praising the New Jersey Legislature for passing the Global Warming Response Act. He also uses the newly revised term for global warming, which is global climate change. [News Source]

Nigerian global warming spam, part 2 (Salon.com) Zeeshan Ashraf responds! All I have to do is provide some personal information, and the climate change moolah will start rolling in! [News Source]

US Senators lay out new global warming plan (AFP via Yahoo! News) Two veteran US Senators on Thursday rolled out a market-based proposal which they said would reverse the catastrophic worst-case impact of climate change, but still safeguard the US economy. [News Source]

US Senators lay out new global warming plan (AFP via Yahoo! News) Two veteran US Senators on Thursday rolled out a market-based proposal which they said would reverse the catastrophic worst-case impact of climate change, but still safeguard the US economy. [News Source]

Blog: Are taxpayers going to foot the bill for disasters brought about by by climate change and runaway development? (Scientific American) That's a trick question -- they already are. As Victoria Schlesigner and Meredith Knight reported in a just-posted expose for Scientific American -- Insurers Claim Global Warming Makes Some Regions Too Hot to Handle -- insurers are dumping coverage... [News Source]

Climate change contributes to forest fires (UPI) A British-led team of scientists has determined global warming is influencing forest fires around the world, increasing the frequency of such events. [News Source]

2 Senators to Unveil Climate Bill (Washington Post) Two key senators said they will outline a comprehensive climate change bill today that could become the centerpiece of legislative efforts to slow global warming. [News Source]