Runny Nose, Itchy Eyes? Blame Global Warming (Time.com via Yahoo! News) If you think your allergies are bad now, hold on to your handkerchief. Global warming is bound to make them worse [News Source]

Runny Nose, Itchy Eyes? Blame Global Warming (Time.com via Yahoo! News) If you think your allergies are bad now, hold on to your handkerchief. Global warming is bound to make them worse [News Source]

World’s oceans could become “soupy swill”. Our seas are suffocating under a layer of slime. That slime - algae feasting on pollutants and fertilizers and starving the ocean of oxygen - is growing rapaciously and killing off sea life at an alarming rate. [News Source]

Florida deal for Everglades may help Big Sugar. In June, Gov. Charlie Crist announced that Florida would buy the United States Sugar Corporation. He billed it as a “jump-start” in the environmental restoration of the Everglades. But it may also prove to be a boon to the state’s remaining sugar giant. [News Source]

‘Only a matter of time’ before more hurricanes hit the Northeast coast. Seventy years ago next week, the strongest hurricane to hit the Northeast slammed into Long Island on a path of destruction that razed thousands of houses and killed about 700 people. It could happen again. [News Source]

Ike wears itself out beating up on Texas. Rescuers in Galveston, Texas, were going door-to-door Saturday to check on the estimated 20,000 people who failed to flee Hurricane Ike, which has slowed to tropical storm status. [News Source]

Phase out coal and burn trees instead, urges leading scientist. Current targets on emissions are 'a recipe for global disaster, not salvation'. [News Source]

Smart farming, carbon credit program help reduce greenhouse gases. Chemicals such as methane and nitrogen, in addition to some farming practices, are making an impact on the environment. However, there are ways to control these and even benefit financially from the changes, experts say. [News Source]

Utility to tap into methane gas power. Traverse City Light & Power plans to tap into a renewable energy project expected to supply several municipalities with methane gas power. [News Source]

Legislators consider partnership with states on pollution credits. In an effort to make tough proposals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions palatable to the public, a WA state House of Representatives committee was told Friday that going green will be lucrative. [News Source]

Plans for power plant at crater creating deep rift. The proposal to establish a geothermal power station in the Menengai Crater in Nakuru is being challenged by environmental conservationists who want the crater to be preserved as a tourist attraction. [News Source]