Study: Sun not linked to climate change (Moldova.org) A British study casts doubt on the theory that global warming is caused by cosmic rays rather than human activity.Climate change skeptics argue that cutting carbon emissions is futile because they believe climate change is caused not by burning fossil fuels but by changes in cosmic rays that determine cloudiness and temperature.Physicist Terry Sloan of Lancaster University and Arnold Wolfendale ... [News Source]

Global warming can start in Youngstown (Jambar) Youngstown's climate change, aside from other worldly weather disruptions, is just a portion of the clear evidence that the Earth is in a state of global warming, said William Buckler, geography professor at Youngstown State University. [News Source]

‘Do something about climate change,’ urges health chief (Los Angeles Daily News) Calling global warming a "major public health problem," county Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan Fielding called on Southland residents today to do something about climate change as part of National Public Health Week. [News Source]

Will slowdown stall progress on climate change? (International Herald Tribune) With global markets in turmoil and recession threatening the United States, some negotiators at a climate change conference are asking: can the world afford to fight global warming? [News Source]

Can World Afford Global Warming Fight? (AP via Yahoo! Finance) With global markets in turmoil and the U.S. threatened by recession, negotiators at a climate change conference are asking: can nations afford to make rapid cuts in emissions to fight global warming without going into an economic tailspin? [News Source]

Climate change: research suggests it is not a swindle (Environmental News Network) New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover. Lauded and criticized for offering a possible way out of the dangers of man made climate change, UK TV Channel 4's programme "The Great Global Warming ... [News Source]

Global warming technology lags (TVNZ) The UN climate change panel seriously underestimated the need for new technology in its reports on what it will take to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming, ecology and economy experts said. [News Source]

Global warming technology lags (TVNZ) The UN climate change panel seriously underestimated the need for new technology in its reports on what it will take to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming, ecology and economy experts said. [News Source]