Climate Change/ The Fight Ahead: Green living (Asahi.com) Editor's note: This is the second installment in a four-part series on Japanese leading efforts to fight global warming. Hikaru Kobayashi could teach former U.S. Vice President Al Gore a lesson or two on his Nobel Prize-winning anti-global warming campaign. [News Source]

New light shed on night clouds

A Hampton University professor is shedding new light on night-shining clouds that might be affected by climate change.

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Stanford study: California feels health hazards of global warming (The Sacramento Bee) Global warming is making breathing more hazardous in California than in any other region of the country, says a pioneering Stanford University study scheduled for release today. [News Source]

New study finds natural causes as well as global warming for recent dramatic Arctic warming (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too. [News Source]

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]

Md. Lawmakers Likely to Tackle Global Warming Next Session (WBOC Salisbury) ANNAPOLIS , Md. (AP)- Saying Maryland cannot wait to try to address global warming, state lawmakers predict a menu of environmental proposals could dominate this year's session. [News Source]

Canada’s climate change boomtown (BBC News) Churchill on Canada's north coast is hoping to become a major international port if global warming clears the Arctic of ice. [News Source]

Time to get serious in the global fight against climate change (The Jakarta Post) Global attention to climate change issues, including in Indonesia, hit a new high in 2007 after leading climate scientists bombarded the public with a string of reports describing the evidence for human-induced climate change as "unequivocal". [News Source]