EU could save £20bn per year on health by cutting emissions. The EU could save an extra £20bn per year on health spending by setting tougher targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. [News Source]

Microwave factory to act as carbon sink. The world's first commercial plant that uses microwave technology to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help reduce the effects of global warming has started operating in New Zealand. [News Source]

Met Office urges drastic greenhouse gas cuts. Radical cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed within two years if the world is to avoid the worst effects of global warming, according to a new study. [News Source]

Japan seeks carbon credit suppliers to meet targets. Japan is looking for new suppliers of carbon credits as uncertainty over future funding mechanisms for credit suppliers has limited the number of big clean energy projects that sell such credits, a Japanese official said. [News Source]

It takes a town like Alice Springs to shine light on energy. Alice Springs's largest hotel is set to erect the biggest solar panel installation in Australia, which will provide between 40 and 80per cent of the hotel's power requirements. [News Source]

Roo cullers welcome Garnaut report. Professor Ross Garnaut's report on climate change, handed down this week, suggests a shift away from methane-heavy sheep and cattle grazing to methane-free kangaroo culling. [News Source]

Australians urged to eat kangaroo. An Australian government adviser on climate change has urged Australians to ditch beef and lamb for kangaroo steaks to help save the planet. [News Source]

Emissions plan called less costly than inaction. Arizona's participation in a regional pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would cost less than opponents contend and be tiny compared to the cost of ignoring climate change, said the head of the state Department of Environmental Quality. [News Source]

Switching to CFL mode will cut toxic emissions for some countries. Yale scientists have found that certain countries will gain by using compact fluorescent lighting or CFL, more than others in the fight against global warming. [News Source]

Vatican goes solar. Workers recently began installing donated solar panels on the papal auditorium's roof, part of Vatican City's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. [News Source]

Carbon: The new forest product? Following a record-setting decade for catastrophic forest fires, a new era may be on the horizon focusing on sequestering carbon dioxide in trees instead of letting them burn and pollute the atmosphere. [News Source]