Years Later, Climatologist Renews His Call for Action (New York Times) Twenty years after turning climate change into breaking news, James E. Hansen will tell a House committee on Monday that it is not too late to defuse what he calls the ?global warming time bomb.? [News Source]

California to unveil ambitious plan to battle global warming (People’s Daily) California's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming, a newspaper report said on Sunday. The plan is ex ... [News Source]

James Hansen: Prosecute oil companies, top scientist says (Daily Telegraph) James Hansen, the leading climate change scientist who made a ground-breaking speech about global warming exactly 20 years, will today reprise his seminal address when he calls for fuel companies to be tried for crimes against humanity. [News Source]

A green coal baron? As carbon-cap laws become closer to reality, almost no one is happy. Coal-burning energy firms fear they’ll be destroyed. Environmentalists worry that the energy lobby will gut the bills. Duke Energy's Jim Rogers is in the middle of all of it. [News Source]

VA Power plant is ground zero in battle of energy vs. environment. By any standard, it is the biggest environmental controversy in Virginia today - a $1.8 billion power plant, proposed by the state's largest electric company, in the heart of coal country. [News Source]

The power and the glory. Renewed interest in energy is bringing forth a raft of ideas, some bright, some batty, that is reminiscent of the dotcom boom. As happened in that boom, most of these ideas will come to naught. But there could just be a PayPal or a Google or a Sun among them. [News Source]

New debate erupts over offshore drilling. There are signs that Americans are becoming more receptive to increased oil and gas production in the United States as gasoline prices go through the roof. [News Source]

Higher learning adapts to a greening attitude. The environmental fervor sweeping college campuses is transforming the curriculum, permeating classrooms, academic majors and expensive new research institutes. [News Source]

UW scientist: Sea level changes a driving force in mass extinctions. The biosphere is well primed for the type of sea level change we are likely to see as a result of global warming, says assistant professor Shanan Peters. [News Source]

Bracing for the new, low-carb economy. The coming emissions trading system will affect every Australian company, creating big winners and big losers. But there are concerns that some are just not ready. [News Source]

Florida considers greenhouse gas cap. Florida, which could be among the most vulnerable states should dire global warming predictions of rising seas, shore erosion and monster hurricanes come to pass, is considering capping emissions of greenhouse gases and hoping fellow Southern states to follow suit. [News Source]