Gore bets $300 million on climate pitch

Nobel prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore plans to launch a three-year advocacy campaign calling for the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

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Citizens less worried about global warming (UPI) University of Missouri scientists said a survey suggests U.S. citizens are more focused about local-national environmental issues than about global warming. [News Source]

Tough global warming talks start (The Manila Times) BANGKOK: Negotiators from around the world got to work Monday on drafting a battle plan against global warming that a top UN official warned could be the most complicated treaty in history. [News Source]

Specially-designed soils could help combat climate change (EurekAlert!) Could part of the answer to saving the Earth from global warming lie in the earth beneath our feet? A team from Newcastle University aims to design soils that can remove carbon from the atmosphere, permanently and cost-effectively. This has never previously been attempted anywhere in the world. [News Source]

Dont let climate change talks end in deadlock says Christian Aid (Christian Today) As five days of UN negotiations on climate change kick off in Bangkok Christian Aid is wanting to see proof from rich countries that they are serious about tackling global warming [News Source]

Talks on Global Warming Pact Open (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Negotiators began their first talks Monday on forging a devilishly complex global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol -- and faced wide divisions between rich and developing countries over how to slash greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Delegates from more than 160 countries begin climate change talks in Bangkok (International Herald Tribune) Representatives from more than 160 countries began negotiations in Bangkok on Monday on a treaty to mitigate climate change, with the secretary general of the UN urging governments to help in "saving the planet." [News Source]

U.S. Rejects China’s Call for Funding to Fight Climate Change (Bloomberg.com) March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. rejected a Chinese proposal that developed countries should contribute a percentage of their gross domestic product to mitigate the effects of climate change. [News Source]

MCOT English News : 160 nations convene in Bangkok to battle global warming (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) BANGKOK, March 31 TNA) - Climate kingpins, negotiators who have been given the tough task of dealing with controlling global warming without harming either the world economy or national economies met Monday at the UN's Asian regional headquarters to once again deal with the climate crisis. [News Source]

Bridging divides at climate change symposium (Indian Country Today) BOULDER, Colo. - Scientists and American Indian tribal leaders met March 20 to bridge cultural and technical divides in an effort to combat global warming and to forge a Western/indigenous approach to other hazards facing planet Earth and its inhabitants. [News Source]

Climate change: A timeline (iafrica.com) Delegates from up to 180 countries will gather in Bangkok this week to thrash out a work plan that should pave the way for a new international treaty in 2012 to take over the Kyoto Protocol to battle global warming. [News Source]