Climate change: industry’s lukewarm response. While a number of companies in India expect to contribute to mitigating their impact on climate change, few seem to be approaching it in a structured, measurable manner. [News Source]

Legarda bats for “green” building code. Sen. Loren Legarda of the Phillippines said Congress should adopt a new "green" building code that lessens in a big way the use of electricity and water amid soaring energy prices and rapid global warming. [News Source]

Students explore Arctic Circle to complete Scottish degrees. Awareness that global warming is having the most drastic effects in the Arctic region has drawn students in Scotland to seek the new degree BSc Marine Science with Arctic Studies. [News Source]

Ethnic Californians want government to do more on environment . The environment must be a priority. That's the message Californians, even from some of the state's poorest communities, are sending to the government according to a new survey. [News Source]

Scientists debate whether we’re changing the climate. Perhaps the disagreement over global warming boils down this: Until we know more, is it more cautious to avoid further changes to our atmosphere, or to avoid changing our lifestyle? [News Source]

Scripps to analyze ice for climate change clues. How do you get climate data out of an ice core? Spend three seasons looking for a place to drill, camp two months at the coldest, windiest place on Earth, ship the samples 11,000 miles, cut off a piece the size of a pack of gum and then carefully measure the bubbles trapped within. [News Source]

`Bionic seals’ on a mission to chart global warming. Elephant seals in the Southern Ocean are giving scientists an insight into icy underwater environments usually inaccessible to humans. [News Source]

After 3.5 millon years, Pacific creatures set to invade Atlantic. With global warming hastening the shrinkage of the Arctic Ocean ice cover, scientists have warned that the North Pole may face ice-free summers as early as 2013. [News Source]

Fisherman finds giant blue marlin on Welsh beach. A west Wales fisherman has “caught” a 9ft-long Blue Marlin usually seen off the coast of Florida or the Caribbean. [News Source]

French herpes a boost for Kent’s oyster industry. An oyster company in Whitstable has been urged to take advantage of the herpes crisis killing billions of the shellfish in France. [News Source]

Area labelled hot spot for ticks. The Public Health Agency of Canada has labelled the area around Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands near Kingston as hot spots for increasing risk of contacting Lyme disease. [News Source]