Climate change debate deserves widest discussion (Otago Daily Times) Geoff Kearsley responds to the furore he created with his opinion piece on climate change. [News Source]

Cobb’s stance on climate change (Canowindra News) Member for Calare, John Cobb, says he is prepared to out himself as a climate change sceptic to bring a “voice of reason” to the debate about Australia’s response to global warming. [News Source]

Union slams EPA chief for ignoring staff on global warming. EPA chief Stephen Johnson stunned his staff last month when he publicly opposed their proposals for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, four union officials representing EPA staff working on global warming policies said. [News Source]

Virgin forests more efficient at storing carbon. Untouched natural forests store three times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated and 60 per cent more than plantation forests, a new Australian study of "green carbon" and its role in climate change says. [News Source]

Brazil’s courts, military question Amazon policy. The resolution of a violent conflict between farmers and Indian tribes in the Brazilian Amazon could redefine Brazil's indigenous policy and the future of the Amazon — whose remaining jungles provide a critical cushion against global warming. [News Source]

Coal’s future is safe - but what about the climate? Despite environmentalists' concerns, energy companies say they are racing to meet demand for coal, especially in developing countries where the fuel is cheap and plentiful even in a year where coal price rises have outstripped those of oil. [News Source]

Drinking the nuclear Kool-Aid. Recent radioactive leaks in France provide a cautionary tale for America's "nuclear renaissance." [News Source]

Amendments to Asean petroleum treaty suggested. Asean Energy Ministers on Wednesday will consider amendments to the petroleum security treaty, aiming to to relax the terms that allow each member country to tap supports from others at times of emergency. [News Source]

Class struggle in the new China. Da Ba village in SW China is steep and verdant but swathed in the bitter smog of many small, coal-fired factories and power plants. As in other parts of China, the farmers are fighting to save their land from those who want to seize it in the name of progress and profit. [News Source]

Local gardeners do their part to record possible ‘global weirding.’ An army of local gardeners is tracking the impact of climate change on backyard flora. [News Source]

Lost world frozen 14m years ago found in Antarctica. The fossils of plants and animals high in the mountains is an extremely rare find in the continent, one that also gives a glimpse of a what could be there in a century or two as the planet warms. [News Source]