Scientist says Aust behind on climate change action (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A prominent Australian climate scientist says governments in Australia and around the world are still not "getting" the problem of global warming. [News Source]

County officials study global warming (The Daily Iowan) Global warming and the measures the county can take to combat it were major points of discussion at Wednesday night's joint informal meeting between the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and Johnson County Board of Health. Board of Health member Maureen McCue presented her group's concerns on climate change, saying that the "health implications are quite long." [News Source]

Poll: Americans Would Pay Extra to Curb Global Warming (Environment News Service) NEW HAVEN, Connecticut , October 3, 2007 (ENS) - A majority of Americans responding to a new survey of attitudes toward climate change policies support a variety of city and local measures to minimize the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Letters to the Editor about global warming (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) Readers eye climate-change debateRegarding the Monitor series, "Global-warming skeptics: a closer look": The sunspot argument is far more persuasive than the man-made CO2 argument. [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]

The Daily Planet - Taking Action Against Climate Change (Colgate Maroon-News) We have all heard that global warming is a huge problem, but few of us have taken the initiative to act. Without its effects being thrown in our faces, few recognize climate change as an imminent threat. However, many parts of the world are already feeling the devastating effects of climate change. [News Source]