Standoff continues on global warming, other issues (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By TOM RAUM President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth. Building a consensus was not proving easy for him as the Group of Eight economic powers planned to turn its attention Tuesday to global warming, soaring food and ... [News Source]

Gap Fire: A sign of global warming? California residents and workers are scratching their heads and wondering, are the 1,500 fire in their state caused by global warming? [News Source]

With gas over $4, cities explore whether it’s smart to be dense. In view of ever rising gas prices and greenhouse gas levels, Sacramento is one of the many cities with a plan to grow up, not out. [News Source]

Climate change to hit SA crops. Climate change could cut South Africa's maize crop by 20 percent within 15 to 20 years as the west of the country dries out while the east is afflicted with increasingly severe storms, its environment minister said on Sunday. [News Source]

Welcome to a drought-stricken future. Australia's agricultural regions face a hotter, drier, more drought-stricken future as a result of climate change, with major implications for both the price and supply of food. [News Source]

Australia in for barrage of heat waves. Australia is in for a tenfold increase in heat waves as climate change sends the mercury soaring. [News Source]

‘Invasive’ humans threaten U.S. coral reefs. Half of all U.S. coral reefs, the center of marine life in the Pacific and Caribbean oceans, are either in poor or fair condition, a federal agency warns today. [News Source]

Brown hires a luxury jet to fly to green summit. Gordon Brown provoked ridicule last night after chartering a luxury jet from America to fly to Japan for a conference discussing global warming. [News Source]

Rudd faces climate revolt. Kevin Rudd faces a savage backlash from unions and state Labor over an emissions trading scheme, with calls to offer free permits to polluters in order to protect electricity prices and prevent jobs moving offshore. [News Source]

Colleges, universities take the lead in building green. East L.A. College once struggled to find eco-fluent builders, but now the field is multiplying. One designer says sustainability targets the "triple bottom line" of planet, people and profit. [News Source]

‘Green’ marketing loses buzz and credibility. Over the past year, marketers around the world have jumped onto the green bandwagon. But the sheer volume of environmental advertising and the flimsiness of the claims in some of the campaigns show signs of generating an unintended effect. [News Source]