Japan to back global warming targets (Southern Highland News) Japan will reportedly accept numerical targets to cut global warming emissions in a new climate change pact, reversing its stance which came under fire at this month's UN-led talks over the deal. [News Source]

Putting a price on global warming (Financial Times) Crystal ball gazing and new year’s resolutions are a fool’s game. So too is trying to negotiate international climate change policy. [News Source]

California placed under climate microscope

As scientists try to forecast how global warming might affect the nation's most geographically diverse state, they envision a California landscape that could look quite different.

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Letter: Man-caused global warming a hoax (AG Weekly) As a plant scientist, I am concerned that Idaho and most states are planning to limit and reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is being done to supposedly reduce global warming. [News Source]

Declining Water Levels In The Great Lakes May Signal Global Warming (Science Daily) Researchers report new evidence that water levels in the Great Lakes, which are near record low levels, may be shrinking due to global warming. Their study, which examines water level data for Lakes Michigan and Huron over more than a century. Researchers point out that water levels in the Great Lakes, which supply drinking water to more than 40 million U.S. and Canadian residents, have ... [News Source]

Japan to back global warming targets (Queanbeyan Age) Japan will reportedly accept numerical targets to cut global warming emissions in a new climate change pact, reversing its stance which came under fire at this month's UN-led talks over the deal. [News Source]

Global warming expected to take toll in California (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By NOAKI SCHWARTZ LOS ANGELES -- California is defined by its scenery, from the mountains that enchanted John Muir to the wine country and beaches that define its culture around the world. But as scientists try to forecast how global warming might affect the nation's most geographically diverse state, they envision a landscape that could look quite different by the end of this century, if not ... [News Source]

Ross Selected To Global Warming Delegation (The Morning News) PRESCOTT -- Fourth District Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, has been selected to the bipartisan congressional delegation on global warming, and will travel to Antarctica and Australia. [News Source]

Nobel laureate to give climate-change talk (Helena Independent Record) Nobel Peace Prize recipient Steven Running will present a lecture in Helena Jan. 9 on climate change and its impact on forests. [News Source]

Japan to back global warming targets (The West Australian) Japan will reportedly accept numerical targets to cut global warming emissions in a new climate change pact, reversing its stance which came under fire at this month's UN-led talks over the deal. [News Source]

Japan to back global warming targets (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Japan will reportedly accept numerical targets to cut global warming emissions in a new climate change pact, reversing its stance. [News Source]