UN climate deal said “daunting” as Bonn talks end. The world faces a daunting task to agree a new deal by the end of 2009 to slow climate change, the United Nations said on Friday as 170-country talks ended with recriminations about scant progress. [News Source]

California Republicans see opportunity amid crisis. GOP lawmakers hope to use their leverage over the state budget to roll back landmark policies implemented by Democrats and their own governor, including curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Impact of climate change on three Masai families. Climate change is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of people in Kenya. One of the hardest hit communities is the Masai. [News Source]

Quest for oil: where to look is the question. The oil industry is turning up the heat on Congress to open more federal land. But the opposition is firing back with a new challenge: Drill what you already have. [News Source]

Climate model warns of a megadrought in the US. Scientists have built a climate model which has suggested that ocean changes may bring about a megadrought in the US that would span a period of 500 years. [News Source]

East Africa’s birds in danger. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, global warming and habitat destruction could shoot some of East Africa’s birds out of the sky. [News Source]

Weather extremes mark Spring 2008. The world endured the seventh warmest spring season on record, nearly one degree warmer than the 20th century average, according to the National Climatic Data Center's monthly synopsis of world climate. [News Source]

Trouble’s warming up. As New York state's average temperature rises, outbreaks of the West Nile virus and other diseases could also become more commonplace. [News Source]

Climate change threatening coral reef fish. Climate change threatens to devastate coral reef fish populations and increase the likelihood of fishery collapses, Australian researchers warned Monday. [News Source]

Climate change ‘to affect coral fish.’ Scientists say coral fish could suffer from climate change just as much as the reefs they live in. [News Source]

Stars test the waters with hydrogen cars. Fancy cars have long been integral to the one-upmanship among L.A.'s glitterati. But instead of Bentleys and Bugattis, Hollywood's must-have vehicles of the moment are green. And nothing conveys extreme exclusivity and earth-friendliness like a hydrogen car. [News Source]