Human activity takes dangerous toll on oceans’ health. Fifty years ago, no one thought that oceans would ever be affected by what people were putting into the water and taking out of it. [News Source]

Blunt answers about risks of global warming. Chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri has an urgent message for world leaders about the perils of global warming. [News Source]

In Greenland, a memoir of the Earth. From 30,000 feet up, flying over the heart of the ice cap, you can't imagine it would ever be possible to lose Greenland. [News Source]

Arctic warming at faster pace than projected. Ground here that for tens of thousands of years was frozen solid is terra firma no more. [News Source]

Could Texas profit by storing carbon dioxide underground? Officials exploring how to capture power plant emissions, inject them beneath Gulf Coast, oil-rich Permian Basin. [News Source]

SAfrica’s ambitious climate change strategy may include carbon tax. South Africa's government has set out an ambitious proposal to deal with climate change in the coming years, including slapping a possible carbon tax on carbon dioxide-spewing industries. [News Source]

‘Carbon-neutral’ road motors towards award. The company involved in building Australia's first "carbon-neutral" road is up for an award for its work. [News Source]

How to slash your fuel bills - and shrink your carbon footprint. A London couple has been on something of an energy-saving mission in their home. A recent energy assessment of their house showed a reduction in energy use from twice what it should have been for the size of their property two years ago to half the average now. [News Source]

Can chefs cozy up to frozen fish? Culinary leaders who care about reducing greenhouse gases linked to global warming need "to get people to understand that frozen is fresher than raw" most of the time, according to Food Network host Alton Brown. [News Source]

Drivers ‘unaware of emission levels’. Nearly three in four drivers do not know how much carbon dioxide their car emits, it was revealed today. Fuel efficiency came third behind price and style/look as the thing that grabbed consumers' attention in car advertisements. [News Source]

Chester cites uncertainty over coal. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester says some of the most contentious issues facing his department right now are plans to build the first new coal-fired power plants in the state in nearly 20 years. [News Source]