UN says eat less meat to curb global warming. People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has said. [News Source]

Is our taste for Sunday roast killing the planet? A UN expert has blamed meat eaters for visiting environmental mayhem on the world as the demand for beef drives deforestation, water scarcity, air pollution and climate change. [News Source]

‘We’ climate campaign: Glossy, but will it work? Funded by Al Gore's non-profit Alliance for Climate Protection (ACP), the $300 million We Campaign (short for "We Can Solve It") opens a new front in the battle against global warming. [News Source]

Greens tops, Tories flops in Sierra Club climate-change report card. The Sierra Club of Canada gave top marks to the Green party and a failing grade to the Conservatives in its ranking of parties' climate change platforms on Friday. [News Source]

Mt Kenya rivers disappear. Wanton destruction of the environment through encroachment, cutting down of trees and unregulated use of water from rivers now threaten to wipe out this water fountain. [News Source]

Does global warming mean we’re losing Lake Erie? Get ready for hot weather that will make Ohio feel like part of the Deep South, and get ready for a smaller and muddier Lake Erie. The effects of global warming are on the way, climate scientists predict. [News Source]

Gustav was no Katrina, but next time … From the triumphant tone of some public statements and news coverage after Gustav passed through, it would be easy to think that the upgraded hurricane protection system in New Orleans had passed its first big test. But complacency is as big a threat as wind and storm surge. [News Source]

Bangladesh seeks billions to fight climate change. Bangladesh wants rich nations to pay the billions of dollars it says it needs to help fight the effects of climate change because they are the biggest environmental culprits. [News Source]

Summer has been one of Alaska’s coldest. Not since 1980 has there been a summer less reflective of global warming than this one. [News Source]

Federal government will review Arctic ice seals. The National Marine Fisheries Service will conduct a full status review of three Arctic seals, focusing more attention on the plight of species that depend on sea ice for survival. [News Source]

Forests break green ground by selling offsets. Garcia River forest in Mendocino County is one of two privately owned California forests that have been recruited into the war against climate change as certified sources of carbon offsets. [News Source]