New ‘lookouts’ for climate change (BBC News) Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to be monitored to better understand global warming. [News Source]

New ‘lookouts’ for climate change (BBC News) Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to be monitored to better understand global warming. [News Source]

The ‘pope’ of hope. Can religion help prevent eco-catastrophe? The leader of the Orthodox Church thinks so - and as the spiritual guide for 300 million people, he has more influence than most politicians. [News Source]

New study suggests changes in sea level caused mass extinctions. Mass extinctions that wiped out up to 90 percent of Earth's flora and fauna were driven in large part by shifting ocean levels, according to a study published in Nature. [News Source]

UN warns of growth in climate change refugees. Climate change is forcing growing numbers of people in the developing world to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned today. [News Source]

Carbon clincher: US weighs emissions trading. Devoid of American participation, the international market in carbon dioxide emissions is a partly formed creature whose health remains uncertain. [News Source]

Invisible killer threatens oyster farming in US Pacific. Vibrio tubiashii is a bacterium that kills shellfish at the larval stage. While it has come and gone sporadically since the 1960s, it took up residence on the US Pacific shoreline two years ago and has not gone away. [News Source]

Its back against the wall, airline industry looks to come clean. These are tough times for an industry that burns a lot of fossil fuel or emits a lot of CO2, and the air travel business does both. So in the industry's largest gathering ever to talk about the environment, it plans to plot a new course. [News Source]

S.F. debating artificial turf on playgrounds. The debate over artificial versus grass turf has been waging on a national scale after two East Coast high schools reported high lead levels in turf fibers. The debate pivots on water and energy use, cost and environmental health. [News Source]

Audit faults KBR’s repairs of hurricane damage. Efforts by defense contractor KBR to repair hurricane Katrina-damaged Navy facilities were deemed shoddy and substandard. [News Source]

Fund to save Congo Basin rainforest launched. A multi-million pound fund to save one of the world's biggest rainforests from destruction has been launched in London. [News Source]