Pol Wants to Make Global Warming Part of Textbooks (Fox News) A California state lawmaker wants to require public school science classes to teach global warming, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News. [News Source]

How climate change sparked a Canadian gold rush (Times Online) It’s little more than an ice-bound collection of shacks besieged by hungry polar bears. But climate change has sparked a gold rush in Churchill, population 923. Within 10 years, this tiny Canadian port could be transformed into a hub of world trade [News Source]

California Lawmaker Seeks Climate Change as part of Public Education (Slashdot) Andrew Feinberg writes "A California State Senator is seeking to mandate climate change as part of the standard science curriculum. Other members of the legislative body seek to teach an opposing view. 'Simitian noted that his bill wouldn't dictate what to teach or in what grades, but rather would require the state Board of Education and state Department of Education to decide both. Although ... [News Source]

Bill sends climate change to school (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat) SAN JOSE -- Reading, writing and . . . global warming' A Silicon Valley lawmaker is gaining momentum with a bill that would require "climate change" to be among the science topics that all California public school students are taught. [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]

British prince calls for greater EU efforts on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Britain's Prince Charles urged the European Union Thursday to show even greater leadership in the fight against global warming as the "doomsday clock of climate change" ticks down. [News Source]

Business chiefs vow to lead fight against global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some of the world's top companies vowed Friday to step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying governments were failing to show sufficient leadership in the fight against global warming. [News Source]

Japanese, Indian prime ministers discuss climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) The prime ministers of Japan and India held phone talks Friday and agreed to cooperate on international efforts against global warming. [News Source]

Global warming may not have caused sluggish Atlantic (New Scientist) A model of North Atlantic currents suggests that global warming may not be to blame for its slowing circulation [News Source]

China: rich `culprits’ on climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) Negotiations on a new treaty to fight global warming will fail if rich nations are not treated as "culprits" and developing countries as "victims," China's top climate envoy said. [News Source]

Bill would require California’s science curriculum to cover climate change (Arizona Daily Star) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Reading, writing and . . . global warming? [News Source]