Climate Change Issue Priority One For Bangladesh (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Thursday said the issue of climate change is a priority one for Bangladesh and the government would continue to play an active role in global debates on the problem. [News Source]

Joining hands to help fight global warming (Gulf Daily News) PEOPLE in Bahrain should join hands with the government to combat global warming, an environment expert has urged. [News Source]

Study: Corn ethanol no climate solution

Ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday.

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Study: Ethanol may add to global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming. [News Source]

Study: Ethanol may add to global warming (The Charlotte Observer) The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming. The researchers said that past studies showing the benefits of ethanol in combating climate change have not taken into ... [News Source]

Next week to focus on climate change solutions at OU (The Norman Transcript) Events at the University of Oklahoma next week will focus on finding solutions to global warming as part of the national event Focus the Nation. [News Source]

Study: Ethanol may add to global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming. [News Source]

India’s climate change roadmap to be ready in June (Daily News) INDIA: India will unveil in June a national plan to deal with the threat of global warming, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday, but it will not commit to any emission targets that risk slowing economic growth. [News Source]

Study: Converting land into biofuel crops worsens global warming (Pioneer Press) As the world looks for ways to cut global warming pollution, converting healthy grasslands, forests and other native ecosystems into farms for biofuel crops actually worsens the problem instead of helping it, a new study says. [News Source]

U of Minnesota study: Destroying native ecosystems for biofuel crops worsens global warming (EurekAlert!) Turning native ecosystems into “farms” for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy. [News Source]

U of Minnesota study: Destroying native ecosystems for biofuel crops worsens global warming (EurekAlert!) Turning native ecosystems into “farms” for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy. [News Source]