Britain, Bangladesh urge climate change action (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Britain and Bangladesh joined forces on Wednesday to call for more money and a new global deal to combat the catastrophic consequences of climate change. [News Source]

Britain, Bangladesh urge climate change action (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Jeremy Lovell LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain and Bangladesh joined forces on Wednesday to call for more money and a new global deal to combat the catastrophic consequences of climate change ... [News Source]

How carbon capture and storage could make coal the fuel of the future. The first power plant in the world that will take the toxic emissions from coal and bury them deep in the ground opens today, carrying with it the hopes of scientists and environmentalists around the world. [News Source]

Arctic oil and gas rush alarms scientists. As greenhouse gas pollution destroys Arctic ecosystems, countries like Canada are spending millions not to halt the destruction but to exploit it. [News Source]

Garnaut is wrong, say scientists. Australia's most respected climate scientists have condemned the advice of greenhouse adviser Ross Garnaut, saying a deal he supported would all but guarantee environmental and social disaster. [News Source]

Oil, gas companies prepare as Ike approaches. Though still mopping up from Gustav, oil and gas companies turned their attention Monday to Hurricane Ike--the second major storm in as many weeks to threaten vital Gulf Coast energy infrastructure. [News Source]

British islands await navy relief effort. A Royal Navy frigate has been sent to the hurricane-hit Turks and Caicos Islands, a British territory in the Caribbean. HMS Iron Duke is sending in rescue teams and Lynx helicopters in the wake of hurricane Ike yesterday and Hanna a few days earlier. [News Source]

Storm-fatigued Gulf Coast in crosshairs again. The Gulf Coast watched anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav, with disasters pre-declared in much of eastern Texas and Louisianans urged to stock up — again — on supplies. [News Source]

Hurricane Ike weakens to category 2 storm as it moves over Cuba. Hurricane Ike weakened to a category two storm today as it moved across Cuba towards the capital Havana, with its winds and storm surge destroying houses and toppling trees. [News Source]

Texas, Louisiana gear up for Hurricane Ike’s landfall. With Hurricane Ike approaching the Gulf of Mexico and threatening Texas barely a week after Hurricane Gustav raked the Gulf Coast, emergency planners on Monday urged residents to prepare for the worst--again. [News Source]

Officials rushing to ready levees. Like the rest of Louisiana, Plaquemines officials are warily watching Hurricane Ike as they continue to deal with the infrastructure damage left in Hurricane Gustav's wake. [News Source]