Antarctica once home to bugs and lichen. "You can no longer argue that carbon dioxide alone caused the end of the ice ages." [News Source]

Confronting climate change Helen Day artists tackle global warming from trash to tragic (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus) I can't think of a more paralyzing topic than global warming, but it's an undeniable reality. What's depressing about it is our inability as a culture to grapple with the issue. ... - By Anne Galloway Times Argus Staff [News Source]

Bush to call for ideas, but no mandates, to fight climate change (KXXV Waco) Associated Press - September 28, 2007 3:43 AM ET 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,... [News Source]

Bush to call for ideas, but no mandates, to fight climate change (KTRE-TV East Texas) 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 to call for ideas, but no mandates, to fight climate change (KATC 3 Lafayette) Associated Press - September 28, 2007 3:43 AM ET 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,... [News Source]

Bush to call for ideas, but no mandates, to fight climate change (WKBT La Crosse) 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]

US vows to tackle climate change at talks of major polluters. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday declared climate change to be a "real and growing problem" that should be resolved under the UN at the start of a forum of major polluters viewed warily by defenders of the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

‘Cobenefits’ may help cut emissions. In an effort to promote greenhouse gas emission cuts in developing countries, the Japanese government is set to push so-called cobenefit projects, which incorporate antipollution measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Africa climate change woes aired at Clinton summit. Africa is being damaged by greenhouse gas pollution from developed nations and must sell carbon credits to grow in a "green fashion," Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit on Thursday. [News Source]

Global Warming Summits Aim to Frame Climate Policy (The Online NewsHour) President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened a global warming conference Thursday, one of two key international meetings this week on greenhouse gases. Top negotiators examine how the U.S. and the world should tackle climate change policy. [News Source]

Local Level Battle Against Global Warming Honoured (Scoop.co.nz) Highlighting efforts at the local level to combat global warming, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today awarded a major prize to two non-governmental initiatives in South Africa and Bangladesh that are veterans in the front line against climate change. [News Source]