Can lawmakers save the bay from global warming? (The Capital) With camera-friendly lights blazing down, one by one politicians and experts imparted their message: It's well past time to deal with global warming, if there's any chance of saving the Chesapeake Bay from the worst consequences of global climate change. [News Source]

Bush Says Fight Against Global Warming Must Not Hinder Economies (Voice of America) President Bush has called for action in the fight against global warming, but said it must be done in a way that does not hinder economic growth. Mr. Bush made the comment Friday, on the final day of a two-day international conference on climate change at the U.S. State Department. [News Source]

China takes aim at smoggy skies. Alarmed at the perception and the reality of a growing environmental nightmare tied to global warming, government officials in China are trying something new: the beginnings of an organized attempt to confront the problem while it still might be controlled. [News Source]

In heart of Texas, drumbeat for green. Austin's latest and most ambitious environmental quest is to lead the nation in slashing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. [News Source]

Bush to call for ideas, but no mandates, to fight climate change (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report) WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush today issues a call for action on global warming. As he wraps up two days of talks on climate change, Bush will challenge the world's biggest polluters to come up with ideas on what to do when the Kyoto Treaty expires in five years. [News Source]

Bush Seeks New Image For U.S. On Global Warming (WCBS-TV New York) President Bush on Friday was to cap two days of talks at a White House-sponsored climate change conference that is as much about salesmanship as it is about diplomacy.   CBS News Interactive: Global Warming [News Source]

Split over global warming widens among evangelicals. A debate over the environment has been roiling America's evangelicals. Christians have been arguing about coal in Texas and oil drilling in Alaska. The most charged issue of all is climate change. [News Source]

Nuclear power surge coming. With this week's application to build a new nuclear plant – the first such filing in nearly 30 years – the industry says the US is on the verge of a nuclear power renaissance. [News Source]

Remarkable drop in Arctic sea ice raises questions. Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005, according to preliminary figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado at Boulder. [News Source]

Arctic heat wave stuns climate change researchers. Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a Queen's University-led climate change project have begun revising their forecasts. [News Source]

Climate change may increase heat-related deaths by 2050. While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s. [News Source]