Colombo SAARC summit to focus on food, energy, climate change, trade (New Kerala) Dhaka, Jul 25: The 15th SAARC summit to be held in Colombo next week will focus on four core issues of food and energy security, climate change, and trade. [News Source]

Colombo SAARC summit to focus on food, energy, climate change, trade (New Kerala) Dhaka, Jul 25: The 15th SAARC summit to be held in Colombo next week will focus on four core issues of food and energy security, climate change, and trade. [News Source]

EPA chief won’t explain climate choices. EPA chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year that global warming put the public in danger could lead to a decision not to regulate greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases. Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog. [News Source]

Warming trend to cost Illinois billions, study projects. If climate change is left unchecked, the costs to Illinois from flood abatement, water treatment, shipping, farming and related goods and services will skyrocket to at least $43 billion annually by the 2030s. [News Source]

Report warns of more health problems linked to climate change. A major report on climate change and health forecasts a higher risk of injuries, illnesses and stress-related disorders brought on by more frequent bouts of extreme weather. [News Source]

Melting glacier leaves world’s worst polluter with no room for doubt. The melting of the mountains in China's far west is one of the less spectacular phenomena of global warming, but it is a more immediate cause of concern. [News Source]

Scientists search for answers from the carbon in the clouds. An aerosol mass spectrometer is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols – such as soot – and their impact on issues ranging from climate change to public health. [News Source]

Riches in the Arctic: The new oil race. As much as a fifth of the world's undiscovered but exploitable gas and oil reserves lie under the Arctic ice. As the ice melts, the pristine wilderness could become 'the new Houston.' [News Source]

Chernobyl memories, cancer deaths haunt Turkey’s nuclear plans . Turkey plans to build three nuclear power plants in the next five years at a cost of at least $8 billion to meet demand for electricity that is rising faster than anywhere else in the world except China. [News Source]

U.S. candidates’ energy policies akin to putting man on the moon. The analogy has been around for some time: It'll take a Herculean effort equivalent to putting a man on the moon to get America's energy affairs in order. [News Source]