At-risk Bangladesh seeks climate change aid at London conference (SpaceDaily) LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) Sep 10, 2008 Britain pledged 75 million pounds Wednesday to help Bangladesh fight the effects of climate change, as the flood- and cyclone-ravaged South Asian nation made a plea for billions of dollars in aid. [News Source]

At-risk Bangladesh seeks climate change aid at London conference (SpaceDaily) LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) Sep 10, 2008 Britain pledged 75 million pounds Wednesday to help Bangladesh fight the effects of climate change, as the flood- and cyclone-ravaged South Asian nation made a plea for billions of dollars in aid. [News Source]

Britain pledges climate change aid for at-risk Bangladesh (SpaceDaily) LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) Sep 10, 2008 Britain pledged 75 million pounds (130 million dollars, 93 million euros) Wednesday to help Bangladesh fight the effects of climate change, as the low-lying South Asian nation made a plea for billions of dollars in aid. [News Source]

Britain pledges climate change aid for at-risk Bangladesh (SpaceDaily) LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) Sep 10, 2008 Britain pledged 75 million pounds (130 million dollars, 93 million euros) Wednesday to help Bangladesh fight the effects of climate change, as the low-lying South Asian nation made a plea for billions of dollars in aid. [News Source]

Old forests help curb global warming too: study (SpaceDaily) PARIS, Sept 10 (AFP) Sep 10, 2008 Old-growth forests remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, helping to curb the greenhouse gases that drive global warming, according to a study to be published Thursday. [News Source]

Huge increase in spending on water urged to avert global catastrophe. Countries worldwide will have to dramatically increase investment in infrastructure to avoid widespread flooding, drought and disease even before climate change accelerates these problems, experts warn. [News Source]

Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law. The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. [News Source]

Sarah Palin: A big boon for Big Oil. Palin has a rep for taking on oil companies, but if elected vice president she'll be positioned to deliver what the industry wants most—access to untapped Arctic terrain. [News Source]

What is your dinner doing to the climate? Local or imported? Conventional or organic? It may surprise you to learn that our diets account for up to twice as many greenhouse emissions as driving. [News Source]

Are we screwing in the wrong bulbs? New research highlights a stark contradiction between two cherished green goals: fighting global warming and ridding the environment of toxic pollution. [News Source]

Gulf Coast residents get out of harm’s way. Authorities warned 1 million to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation’s largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants. [News Source]