Exposing them to global warming (The New Straits Times) KUCHING: Interesting and informative. That was the reaction of the teachers and students who attended the Shell-NSTP Global Climate Change Workshop here on Saturday. [News Source]

Washington States Adds Global Warming Countermeasures to Comprehensive Planning Goals (Smart Growth Online) Amending its 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA) by the addition of global warming countermeasures to the list of local comprehensive planning goals, the state's new climate change legislation (SB 6308), signed by Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire earlier this month and effective June 12, calls for an 18 percent reduction in the 75 billion annual vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by 2030, 30 ... [News Source]

Poll: U.S. not panicked by global warming (Moldova.org) A new Gallup Poll shows a high level of awareness among Americans about global warming, but a far lesser degree of worry about the phenomenon.The survey released Monday reported that while 80 percent of Americans said they understood the issue, only 40 percent believed it would become a serious threat in their lifetimes.About a decade ago, a poll showed that 25 percent feared climate change ... [News Source]

Poll: U.S. not panicked by global warming (UPI) A new Gallup Poll shows a high level of awareness among Americans about global warming, but a far lesser degree of worry about the phenomenon. [News Source]

Smart Growth Resource Library: Climate Change Solutions (Smart Growth Online) The David Suzuki Foundation offers a Solutions page to the Global Warming section of its website -- policy and practice changes that can be made to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Jet stream moving north, study finds The jet stream — America's stormy weather maker — is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. [News Source]