Climate change puts US way of life at risk (China Daily) The US Environmental Protection Agency, under fire for apparently discounting the impact of climate change, on Thursday said global warming poses real risk to human health and the American way of life. [News Source]

Wildfires gain ground on Alaska tundra. The Arctic is burning. It long has, of course, but now with greater regularity and more ferocity. Splinters of lightning crackle on the tundra, setting ablaze runaway fires that toast the landscape black. [News Source]

Warming is major threat to humans: EPA. Climate change will have a "substantial" impact on human health in the coming decades, making wildfires and hurricanes more likely, creating more smog, and making summer heat waves longer, hotter and deadlier. [News Source]

Obama shifts stance on environmental issues. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee now calls climate change "one of the greatest moral challenges of our generation." But as a state senator, he usually supported bills sought by coal interests. [News Source]

Hydrogen cars could rule road by 2050, slash oil need. A government-backed study says America could nearly eliminate its need for gasoline for cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2050 if the government helps build a market for hydrogen fuel cells and other technologies. [News Source]

California raises standards for green buildings. California issued new building standards, which state officials said would push developers to reduce energy use and water for landscaping, but the measures fall short of what environmentalists had advocated. [News Source]

Peripheral canal is best answer to question of provide water, protect Delta, experts say. The peripheral canal was once like plutonium in California water politics, yet a new report says it's the answer to environmental problems threatening the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. [News Source]

Utility panel sees plan adding 18,456 megawatts of energy capacity. The land of oil and gas is staking a big chunk of its energy future on the Texas wind with Thursday's decision by utility regulators to build nearly $5 billion worth of transmission capacity. [News Source]

Warming health report: Poor, elderly to hurt most. Global warming will affect the health and welfare of every American, but the poor, elderly, and children will suffer the most, according to a new science report. [News Source]

Global warming brings new iceberg threat to Antarctic ecosystem. A new global warming threat to the fragile marine ecosystems of Antarctica has been identified, with the discovery that an increasing number of icebergs are tearing up the sea floor and destroying any life in their way. [News Source]

Should we move species to save them? With climate change increasingly threatening the survival of plants and animals, scientists say it may become necessary to move some species to save them. [News Source]