Commonwealth warns of devastating impact of global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global warming and its devastating effect of the environment will top the agenda of a two-day meeting of Commonwealth finance ministers that opens here Monday. [News Source]

Climate change legislation still elusive (Vallejo Times-Herald) The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Al Gore and the United Nations climate change panel will draw new attention to global warming in the coming months. But passing tough new federal laws to do something about it will remain difficult, at least in the short term, experts said Friday. [News Source]

Ritter plans sweeping climate-change initiative (The Daily Sentinel) Gov. Bill Ritter will unveil a major climate change action plan next month that will rely on the Legislature to enact new policies aimed at reducing the state’s influence on global warming, he said Saturday. [News Source]