G8 urged to do more for climate. Mexico, Brazil, China, India and South Africa challenged the Group of Eight countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% by 2050. [News Source]

Europeans reconsider biofuel goal. European officials proposed scaling back drastically on their goal of increasing Europe’s use of biofuels, a major about-face on a central environmental and energy issue. [News Source]

Cheney’s office said to edit draft testimony on warming. Vice President Dick Cheney’s office was involved in removing statements on health risks posed by global warming from a draft of a health official’s Senate testimony last year, a former senior government environmental official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Greenland to open seven mines in five years. Greenland will open seven mines in the next five years, boosting the traditional hunting and fishing sectors, which are threatened by global warming. [News Source]

Climate change: disease spread fears. Climate change, according to recent research, is leading to an increase in the spread of parasitic diseases. [News Source]

Town workers in drought-hit areas largely unaffected. Rural towns are proving resilient to the drought, despite the struggles of those actually working the land. [News Source]

Mount Shasta glaciers growing, despite warming. Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but the seven tongues of ice creeping down Mount Shasta's flanks are a rare exception. [News Source]

As summer washout worsens, we’ll be lashed by a month’s worth of rain today. Our soaking summer comes amid warnings that Britain is in the soggy grip of a European monsoon season. [News Source]

Here’s a new spin on hurricanes. The past several years have seen more hurricanes than usual reaching North America, including killers such as Katrina and Rita in 2005. [News Source]

Snorkelers’ lament: U.S. corals endangered. A new government assessment of coral reefs in the United States has grim news: About half of the remaining coral reefs are at best "fair" and at worst near death. [News Source]

New model predicts global warming will intensify storms. A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface. [News Source]