Nuclear dawn. Attitudes to nuclear power are shifting in response to climate change and fears over the security of the supply of fossil fuels. The technology of nuclear power has been changing, too. [News Source]

Scientists are making Brazil’s savannah bloom. Embrapa, Brazil’s agricultural and livestock research agency, has become a world research leader in tropical agriculture and is moving aggressively into areas like biotechnology, bio-energy, and carbon sequestration. [News Source]

It’s not easy selling green.

As environmental businesses begin to flood the market, they’re turning to corporate branders to set their wares apart from the pack.

Climate change will alter world travel patterns (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Global warming will produce stay-at-home tourists over the next few decades, radically altering travel patterns and threatening jobs and businesses in tourism-dependent countries, according to a stark assessment by U.N experts. [News Source]

Study: Climate change may hike heat deaths (Moldova.org) U.S. scientists have determined global warming might cause a sharp increase in heat-related deaths by the 2050s, up by as much as 95 percent in some areas. Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health noted annual average temperatures for the New York City region during the 2050s are projected to rise by as much as 6.5 degrees Fahrenheit, with summer temperatures ... [News Source]

Global warming and you (Northwest Herald) When it comes to global climate change, a single degree means a lot. Even here in McHenry County. [News Source]

Global warming and you (Kane County Chronicle) When it comes to global climate change, a single degree means a lot. Even here in Kane County. [News Source]