Global warming’s toasty water connection to Gustav (The Star) WASHINGTON (AP): Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an issue of debate. [News Source]

Global warming’s toasty water connection to Gustav (NBC 15 Mobile) Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said Sunday, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an issue... [News Source]

SHIFTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE (The Telegraph) There is a growing mismatch between the words and deeds of affluent industrialized countries on the subject of climate change. While joining the rest of the world in calling for enhanced action on climate change, they are failing to meet even their existing responsibilities. [News Source]

Activist’s journey: across the Pacific by rowboat. Roz Savage says she is determined to finish her quest to row across the entire Pacific alone to bring attention to the problem of plastics polluting the oceans. [News Source]

British adventurer begins kayak expedition to North Pole. British explorer and adventurer Lewis Gordon Pugh has begun a kayak expedition to the North Pole aimed at drawing attention to the dramatic impact of melting polar ice in the Arctic. [News Source]

Oil group joins Alaska in suing to overturn polar bear protection. The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed a suit, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration, to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. [News Source]

Coal heats up as a political issue. Want to know how much money your elected representative in Washington, D.C., received from the coal industry? A North Carolina environmental group is pledging to put that information right at your fingertips. [News Source]

New software to track carbon footprint of air travellers. Are you a frequent flyer and aware that everytime you board a plane, even for short distances, you are contributing to global warming? [News Source]

Saving elephants, saving communities. Implementers of an international project to help endangered elephants in Mali want to prove that by doing so, they can also help local communities adapt to climate change in the Sahel. [News Source]

Forestry Agency eyes CO2 labels for wood fuel products . The Forestry Agency decided Saturday to devise guidelines for a proposed greenhouse-gas labeling system that would show the amount of carbon dioxide reduction if wood-based fuels are used instead of fossil fuels. [News Source]

Smokeless plant could apply to federal government before seeking local permit. An application to the federal government on the feasibility of taking carbon dioxide from a downtown power plant and burying it underground could be submitted before state environmental officials approve a permit for the plant's expansion. [News Source]