Global warming to be important to students (The Record Gazette) Global warming will soon become a part of school curriculum if Senator Joe Simitian has his way. Measure SB 908, introduced by Sen. Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will mandate that science textbooks approved for California public schools will include climate change as a science topic. [News Source]

Global Warming Back Before Md. Lawmakers (CBS 13 Baltimore) Global warming is back before Maryland lawmakers Friday. [News Source]

Disturbing health side effects caused by climate change are starting to show (Financial Mail) or a newspaper, log onto the Internet, tune into the radio and you're bound to read or hear about the phenomenon of climate change or global warming. [News Source]

High-tech insulator created from rice husks

A Malaysian scientist says she has discovered a cheap way to turn discarded rice husks into a high-tech material that could reduce electricity bills, protect buildings from bomb blasts and make airplanes and tennis rackets lighter.

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International Conference on Climate Change (The Other Side Of Global Warming) Sold Out For March 2-4 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, scheduled for March 2-4 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, has been sold out. [News Source]

Florida’s GOP governor has green streak

Grist.org interviews Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a surprising blend of Grand Ol' Party and bleeding-heart greenie.

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Climate change threatens existence, Eskimo lawsuit says (CNN.com) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies Tuesday, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence. [News Source]

Alaska town sues over global warming (USA Today) A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean is suing oil, power and coal companies, claiming their contributions to global warming threaten the community's existence. [News Source]

Joseph Romm: The Cold Truth about Global Warming (HuffingtonPost) I have an article in Salon , "The cold truth about climate change: Deniers say there's no consensus about global warming. Well, there's not. There's well-tested science and real-world observations [that are much more worrisome]." James Hansen read the first... [News Source]

Eroding Alaska town sues oil, power firms

A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence.

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Australia, New Zealand to cooperate on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Australia and New Zealand agreed Wednesday to work together to tackle climate change now that the new government in Canberra has signed up to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. [News Source]