Lincoln Institute to Focus on Land Use in Addressing Global Warming (Smart Growth Online) ''At a time when climate change and energy efficiency are more and more on people's minds, our goal is to bring a sharp focus on the land use component in addressing global warming,'' said the Cambridge-based Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Department of Planning and Urban Form Chairman Armando Carbonell in a press release ahead of the Institute's annual New England Smart Growth Leadership ... [News Source]

Greenpeace to rally at Rushmore for climate-change attention (Rapid City Journal) RAPID CITY -- Global-warming activists have scheduled a rally Saturday at Mount Rushmore designed to urge Congress to make climate change a priority. [News Source]

www.wdio.com – Pawlenty and Steger to Hold Climate Change Forums (WDIO Duluth) Governor Tim Pawlenty and famed polar explorer Will Steger have partnered up to bring awareness to the public, about climate change and global warming. They will be holding four public forums across the state, with the goal to reduce carbon emissions and bring action to stopping global warming. [News Source]

Coal remains king even as climate warms

The explosion of coal in China comes amid rising alarm over its dire consequences for workers and the environment.

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Children particularly at risk from global warming: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) Children are especially vulnerable to the adverse health effects of global warming, said a report released Monday. [News Source]

Special Issue of Current History Features Warning: Climate Change Portends Worldwide Conflicts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) As global warming intensifies, severe storms, drought, and flooding could wreak havoc around the world. But "it may well be that the most costly and challenging consequence of climate change will be an increase in violent conflict and all the humanitarian trauma this brings with it." [News Source]

Children particularly at risk from global warming: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) Children are especially vulnerable to the adverse health effects of global warming, said a report released Monday. [News Source]

Benn sets out new Climate Change Bill (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Publishing the government's response to the public consultation on the Climate Change Bill, Hilary Benn has said the UK must "step up" its efforts in tackling global warming. [News Source]

SUNY Orange to host global warming talk (Middletown Times Herald-Record) Middletown - SUNY Orange will host a lecture on climate change and global warming tomorrow. [News Source]

MPs call for climate change minister (Addict 3D) James Murray, BusinessGreen , Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00 Environmental Audit Committee insists dedicated climate change minister isneeded to end departmental conflicts and drive global warming policy The UK must appoint a climate change minister with the power to cut across departmental turf wars if it is to meet its emissions reductions targets, according to a major... [News Source]

MPs call for climate change minister (vnunet.com) James Murray, BusinessGreen , Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00 Environmental Audit Committee insists dedicated climate change minister is needed to end departmental conflicts and drive global warming policy The UK must appoint a climate change minister with the power to cut across departmental turf wars if it is to meet its emissions reductions targets, according to a major... ... [News Source]