Eat less meat to fight climate change: UN expert (AFP via Yahoo! News) People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. [News Source]

Conference at Clemson continues to address issues related to global warming (Anderson Independent-Mail) Scientists need to play a more integral part in the public process to effectively address global warming, author Bryan Norton said Saturday. [News Source]

Lifestyle choices won’t win the battle against global warming (Independent) Should you feel guilty about flying? A lot of people would say you should. After all, the danger of runaway climate change is real. No one knows how far away that is. We probably have 10 to 30 years, but we may have longer, and we may already have passed the tipping point. [News Source]

UN says eat less meat to curb global warming (Guardian Unlimited) Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further. [News Source]

Oil refineries underestimate release of emissions, study says. It is likely that all refineries in Canada and the United States are seriously undercounting emissions because they follow an estimating protocol developed by the American Petroleum Institute and the US EPA. [News Source]

Fish or fuel? Debate divides Norway’s far north . The pristine Lofoten Islands off Norway's far north paint an idyllic image of tranquility, but beneath the surface is a roiling debate over the islands' resources, dividing fishermen, environmentalists and oil companies. [News Source]

The world we avoided. The Montreal Protocol rescued the ozone layer, but also prevented drastic regional climate changes. [News Source]

Spanish wine makers fight climate change. Climate change is now a threat to the wine industry in Spain and a challenge for wine makers worldwide. Wine makers, like Miguel Torres, are starting to take the threat very seriously. [News Source]

What climate change will do to our province. A warmer climate makes B.C. more accommodating for once-exotic diseases, pushing health authorities to extraordinary measures to protect the public. [News Source]

African dust linked to hurricane strength. In 2005 and 2006, winds off of Africa contained large amounts of dust, which scientists say may have dampened storms in the Atlantic Ocean. But this year, the air is clear and powerful storms are lining up to strike the U.S. [News Source]

A changing climate of opinion? Some scientists think climate change needs a more radical approach. Along with trying to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, they have plans to re-engineer the Earth. [News Source]