China is open to renewable power. Solar power magnate and Chinese-Australian billionaire Zhengrong Shi believes China is well on the road to becoming a renewable energy superpower. [News Source]

Battle over EU car emissions takes greener path. A key European Union vote on curbing tailpipe emissions from cars ended in chaos last week, but a consensus is now emerging in favour of swiftly enforced limits and tight controls on potential loopholes. [News Source]

France proposes phasing in CO2 curbs for cars. European Union President France proposed on Tuesday watering down plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars by phasing in limits up to 2015, with lower fines for narrowly missing the target. [News Source]

Grazing livestock a way of life that’s hard to kick. Around Bourke, where the climate has been extreme for as long as anyone can remember, there are plenty of people who do not believe in man-made climate change. [News Source]

Eating kangaroos could help fight global warming. An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser. [News Source]

Meat should be rationed to four portions a week to beat climate change, says Government-funded report. Milk and meat will have to be rationed if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, according to a Government-funded report. [News Source]

Eat kangaroo to help combat climate change: Ross Garnaut. Australians should replace beef and lamb on the dinner table with kangaroo to fight climate change, Kevin Rudd's chief climate change adviser says. [News Source]

Carbon costs expected to hit home. The Clouter family worries about the impact they make on their environment, so they insulated their house with recycled paper products last summer and installed a rainwater tank. [News Source]

Hailey supports transportation funding reform. The Hailey City Council in Idaho passed a resolution last week to support "21st Century Transportation For America," a federal transportation reform movement that calls for long-term reduction in greenhouse gas emissions associated with automobile use. [News Source]

Branson space ships to measure greenhouse gas levels. Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, is to use its space planes to gather scientific data on climate change from the highest reaches of the atmosphere under a new collaboration with an American government laboratory. [News Source]

Virgin to join climate experiment. Virgin Galactic is to look at carrying scientific instruments on board one of its space tourism vehicles to gather data on climate change. [News Source]