Will BBC2’s new thriller charm us into taking notice of climate change? (Independent) The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of The Full Monty, focuses on an oil-industry conspiracy to cover up the full extent of global warming, led by a charismatic and duplicitous American lobbyist called Mack (played by Bradley Whitford, Josh in The West Wing). Ranged against Mack are Tom ... [News Source]

Will BBC2’s new thriller charm us into taking notice of climate change? (Independent) The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of The Full Monty, focuses on an oil-industry conspiracy to cover up the full extent of global warming, led by a charismatic and duplicitous American lobbyist called Mack (played by Bradley Whitford, Josh in The West Wing). Ranged against Mack are Tom ... [News Source]

Will BBC2’s new thriller charm us into taking notice of climate change? (Independent) The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of The Full Monty, focuses on an oil-industry conspiracy to cover up the full extent of global warming, led by a charismatic and duplicitous American lobbyist called Mack (played by Bradley Whitford, Josh in The West Wing). Ranged against Mack are Tom ... [News Source]

Will BBC2’s new thriller charm us into taking notice of climate change? (Independent) The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of The Full Monty, focuses on an oil-industry conspiracy to cover up the full extent of global warming, led by a charismatic and duplicitous American lobbyist called Mack (played by Bradley Whitford, Josh in The West Wing). Ranged against Mack are Tom ... [News Source]

EPA unveils first rules on carbon dioxide storage. The US EPA wants to make sure curbing global warming doesn't contaminate drinking water, so it is issuing its first regulations on the burial of CO2 underground. [News Source]

There’s an ‘energy tsunami’ coming. A bipartisan group of 27 elder statesmen is sending an open letter to both presidential candidates and every member of Congress saying the country faces "a long-term energy crisis" that threatens the security and prosperity of future generations if swift action isn't taken. [News Source]

O’Malley backs wind farm. Gov. Martin O'Malley threw his support yesterday behind a wind farm off the coast of Delaware. That could be crucial toward launching the United States' first offshore wind energy project - one that potentially could produce enough power for hundreds of thousands of homes. [News Source]

Human consumption: Flying in the face of logic. Forty years after dropping his Population Bomb into the environment debate, Paul Ehrlich is still railing at man's destructiveness. [News Source]

Gulf of Mexico dead zone could reach record size. The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico could reach a new record size this year and can be seen as another consequence of global warming. [News Source]

Climate concerns. Severe storms, flooding, hotter temperatures and dramatically reduced rainfall are the worrying predictions for Bunbury's climate future. [News Source]

Snowmelt caused by global warming may threaten ecosystems and water reserves in western US. Researchers have discovered that a critical surface temperature feedback is twice as strong as what had been projected by earlier studies. [News Source]