Risser Prize for environmental journalism goes to global warming reporter (Stanford Report) A reporter covering global warming for the 'San Antonio Express-News' has won the 2008 James V. Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism. [News Source]

Cheap solar at night? MIT may have answer. MIT researchers say they have discovered a way to use solar energy cheaply even after the sun goes down, which could make it a mainstream source of power within the next decade. [News Source]

UK in ‘delusion’ over emissions. The UK has been living under a delusion over its claim to be cutting greenhouse gases, according to two reports that will shake the climate change debate. [News Source]

Warming waters pose threats to Alaska salmon, could reorder marine ecosystems. As the Earth warms and rivers and oceans change, Alaska’s fisheries are changing, too. Scientists who study fish say man-made climate change is likely affecting fish already. [News Source]

Climate change puts seniors’ health at risk. Canada's elderly population -- expected to double in the next 25 years -- will be especially hard-hit by the dire effects of climate change, warns a sprawling study by Health Canada. [News Source]

Action needed to protect nation’s air quality. Canadian decision-makers, governments and stakeholders must step up efforts to prevent global warming from threatening the nation's air quality, increasing the spread of diseases, and causing premature deaths, warns a new report. [News Source]

EPA approves air permit for Navajo power plant. Both environmentalists who have been fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation and supporters of the project expected it: an air permit for the plant. [News Source]

China’s ‘rapid renewables surge’. China's rapid investment in low carbon technologies has catapulted the nation up the global renewable energy rankings, a report shows. [News Source]

Fish, coral “hotspots” linked to geology - study. Geological shifts over millions of years may explain the huge wealth of fish, corals and other life in seas between Asia and Australia and hold clues to modern conservation, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

‘100 months’ to stop overheating. Rising greenhouse gas emissions could pass a critical tipping point and trigger runaway global warming within the next 100 months, according to a report today. [News Source]

More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths. In recent years, deadly heat waves have killed dozens to hundreds of people at a time in various U.S. cities, often catching local officials unprepared and climate scientists say the worst is yet to come. [News Source]