Fed report says climate change risks crops, water (AP via Yahoo! News) Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation's water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, according to a federal report released Tuesday. [News Source]

Study: We’re feeling global warming now (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Global warming is already affecting the nation's forests, water resources, farmland and wildlife and will have serious negative consequences in the next 25 to 50 years, a government report said Tuesday. [News Source]

MCOT English News : G-8 set to endorse multilateral funds to tackle climate change (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) TOKYO, May 28 (Kyodo) - The Group of Eight countries are set to endorse two multilateral funds designed to help developing countries curb global warming during their finance ministers' meeting slated for June 13-14 in Osaka, Japanese officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Global warming to shorten ski season: CSIRO (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Scientists say Australian skiers should prepare for shorter ski seasons because of global warming. [News Source]

Czech President Klaus ready to debate Gore on climate change (EARTHtimes.org) Washington - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming, as he presented the English version of his latest book that argues environmentalism poses a threat to basic human freedoms. I many times tried... [News Source]

Greenpeace rally in Palm Desert to kick off global warming campaign (The Desert Sun) Greenpeace is holding a rally at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert to kick off a campaign, called Project Hot Seat, to pressure Congress to take action on global warming. [News Source]

Councils urged to start climate change planning (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) Regional and district councils have been given new climate change projections for New Zealand in an updated manual for assessing the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Thousands join global warming summit (Sun Star) SEVERAL thousands of Zamboagueños join the first Summit on Disaster Preparedness for the Global Warming and Food Security held Tuesday, at the Zamboanga City Coliseum, which was fully packed to its capacity of 10,000 people. [News Source]

More doubt about global warming (Valley Independent) Imagine this nightmarish scenario: Twenty years hence when the Church of Global Warming has secured carbon taxes and stifling controls on industry, adherents of environmental Armageddon announce that "climate change" isn't influenced by man-made factors after all. [News Source]

UPDATE: Exxon Mobil Redirects Climate Change Research Money (Nasdaq) NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has cut funding to groups raising questions about climate change from human-generated carbon dioxide, a move taken on the eve of its annual meeting in the face of criticism that the oil giant isn't as green as some of its rivals. [News Source]

UPDATE: Exxon Mobil Redirects Climate Change Research Money (Nasdaq) NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has cut funding to groups raising questions about climate change from human-generated carbon dioxide, a move taken on the eve of its annual meeting in the face of criticism that the oil giant isn't as green as some of its rivals. [News Source]