Study: Global warming to bring more rain (Contra Costa Times) MIAMI — Florida and the rest of the tropics will face wetter and more powerful rainstorms because of global warming, according to a new study co-written by a University of Miami professor and released Thursday. [News Source]

The waste-pickers of Delhi. The original Delhi recyclers have turned garbage into cash for decades. Now, a carbon-credit-generating incinerator may put them out of business. [News Source]

German city wonders how green is too green. A German town’s decision to require solar-heating panels has thrown it into a vehement debate over the boundaries of ecological good citizenship and led opponents to charge that their genteel town is now a 'green dictatorship.' [News Source]

Utilities agree to $105 million settlement. Three Wisconsin utilities and two environmental groups have agreed to a $105 million settlement designed to improve water quality in Lake Michigan and increase its supplies of renewable energy. [News Source]

Shrinking African lake imperils wildlife. Once among the largest lakes in the world, Lake Chad has been decimated over the past four decades by rising temperatures, diminishing rainfall and a growing population that's using more water than ever before. [News Source]

Clinton honors 43 schools for anti-obesity efforts. Former President Clinton said Wednesday that trying to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity is a daunting challenge that rivals his foundation’s efforts to lower the price of anti-AIDS drugs in Africa and other parts of the developing world. [News Source]

Study: Cascade snowpack may not be victim of global warming. Maybe the snow in the Cascade Mountains isn't in such immediate peril from global warming after all. [News Source]

Climate change seen in recent flooding. Massive downpours have been on the rise in recent years, possibly because of global warming and the "heat island" effect created by urban areas, experts said. [News Source]

Prepare for global temperature rise of 4C, warns top scientist. The UK should take active steps to prepare for dangerous climate change of perhaps 4C according to one of the government's chief scientific advisers. [News Source]

World should prepare for a global temperature rise of 4 degree Celsius. A scientist has suggested that the world should be prepared to face an alarming increase of 4 degree Celsius in global temperatures. [News Source]

TOGO: Thousands displaced from flooding, experts brace for more. Weeks of rains in Togo have forced thousands of people from their homes into temporary government-run centres set up throughout the capital, Lome. [News Source]