UA first to offer climate change related graduate program (FOX 11 Tucson) PHOENIX (AP) -- It may sound contradictory, but the U.S. is experiencing more droughts and more flooding due to global warming - helping drive an increase in demand for scientists who understand water in the atmosphere and what happens to it on the ground. [News Source]

Climate change worse for US blacks (TVNZ) American blacks are likely to suffer disproportionately from climate change and they are willing to pay to combat it, a commission aimed at raising awareness about global warming said. [News Source]

Giant chunks break off Arctic ice shelf

Giant sheets of ice totaling almost eight square miles broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said on Tuesday.

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EPA tells staff don’t talk. The EPA is telling its pollution enforcement officials not to talk with congressional investigators, reporters and even the agency's own inspector general, according to an internal e-mail provided to The Associated Press. [News Source]

Alaska forests hit with more wildfires, infestations as climate changes. Climate change is affecting Alaska’s forests in a number of ways, many of them complex and indirect, but warming temperatures themselves are also affecting forests and are likely to cause the most dramatic impacts in the future. [News Source]

Huge chunk snaps off storied Arctic ice shelf. Scientists say the break, the largest on record since 2005, is the latest indication that climate change is forcing the drastic reshaping of the Arctic coastline, where 9,000 square kilometres of ice have been whittled down to less than 1,000 over the past century. [News Source]

Canada has green concerns over oil goldmine. The earth beneath Fort McMurray's pine and spruce trees holds as much oil as the United States, Russia and the United Arab Emirates combined. [News Source]

Climate change: a look at the bigger picture. It's the year 2050 and Bridgette Malebo has a thriving vegetable farm in Philippi but no bread for her children: the roads have been flooded for months and she can't get to market to sell her produce. [News Source]

Fuel-economy push hits snags. A Bush administration proposal to boost fuel efficiency of automobiles to 31.5 miles per gallon by 2015 is raising hackles on two sides: from car makers, who say it is too tough, and from some Democrats, who say it isn't tough enough. [News Source]

Climate change impact studied. The National Conference of State Legislatures has released a study that examined the economic effect of climate change on Georgia industries, from timber to tourism. [News Source]

U.S. becomes wind power leader. For a country with a reputation for being addicted to fossil fuels, it may come as a surprise that the United States is now the world leader in one green-energy category. [News Source]