UW envisions a new environmental college

University of Washington administrators and professors are working on plans to create an Environmental College at the Seattle institution to promote environmental research and career tracks for students.

Deforestation needs to be in next climate pact Cutting emissions from deforestation will be key to curbing climate change and should be agreed upon in December's climate talks in Bali, a leading Indonesian forestry researcher said on Monday. [News Source]

From indie rock to biodiesel Onetime bass player Rob Del Bueno now uses a homemade pump to fill cars with fuel he brews himself. The scene isn't all that different. [News Source]

Tourism set to suffer from climate change it generates–UN The booming worldwide tourism industry could prove its own worst enemy by contributing to the global warming threatening some of the planet's prized destinations, UN agencies warned Monday. [News Source]

Seeds of a solution: could iron dropped in the ocean combat climate change?Environmental Health News It reads more like science fiction than any real solution to global warming: Fertilizing the sea to create plankton blooms that suck heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the air. [News Source]

Silent victims of the sea: rising tides threaten archaeological sites Coastal erosion is threatening thousands of ancient and important archaeological sites around our coastline, with many already submerged. [News Source]

In Greenland, potatoes thrive as seal hunting wanes Perhaps nowhere else in the world are the effects of climate change as obvious as in Greenland, where warming temperatures have brought a mixed blessing. Global warming is a boon for farmers and fishermen but a hardship for ice-dependent Inuit. [News Source]

As frost fades, berry rivalry heats Temperatures are rising in Canada, and so too are the annual blueberry harvests - giving a whiff of how global warming could shift economic fortunes. [News Source]

How old masters are helping study of global warming The English landscape painter JMW Turner said his work was not to be understood but "to show what such a scene was like". Now global warming experts are taking advantage of his prosaic nature to improve their predictions of the consequences of climate change. [News Source]

Scientists link toxic seaweed with climate Doctors and biologists are investigating a link between global warming and a poisonous seaweed that is harmful to human health. [News Source]

Zero-carbon homes get tax relief

Buyers of new zero carbon homes now qualify for tax relief on stamp duty. The UK government hopes the tax relief will encourage the construction of environmentally friendly homes.