Dreaming of a climate bailout. What would happen if governments ignored the un-capitalist cries for mercy spilling out from Wall Street and put the money towards climate change instead? What would $700 billion buy? [News Source]

Mayor plans to reduce greenhouse gases by 2010. America's energy capital is seeking to slash emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases that contribute to climate change under the plan, which city officials released with little fanfare days before Hurricane Ike. [News Source]

A charged debate over California’s renewable energy plan. Prop. 7 would require utilities in the state to get half their power from renewable energy by 2025. Foes say it would actually hamper electricity production from alternate sources. [News Source]

CenterPoint says with its work done, yours begins. As CenterPoint said Thursday it had restored power "throughout its system," some of the few thousand customers still in the dark 20 days after Hurricane Ike were trying to get the utility's attention. [News Source]

Dead coral on West Coast . The beautiful coral reefs fringing and protecting the island's West Coast are dead. Those on the South Coast are barely alive. [News Source]

Spring temperature set to soar: forecasters. Temperatures are set to soar across the majority of Western Australia this spring - and meteorologists are blaming climate change. [News Source]

Turning a new leaf. It'll be worth keeping an eye on Sheffield's golden canopy this autumn as thousands of trees in Sheffield are expected to die over the next ten years. [News Source]

Melting of Arctic ice ‘fascinating … alarming.’ For scientists, this year's ice season was like the NHL playoffs. They placed bets, pored over satellite images, and speculated endlessly on how much Arctic ice would survive the summer. [News Source]

Mass extinction may be underway-experts. Earth's animal and plant species are vanishing at unprecedented rates, evidence that the planet is facing a tsunami of mass extinction, experts gathering for a global conservation conference next week have warned. [News Source]

Arctic sea ice at second lowest level. Arctic sea ice melted to its second-lowest level since measurements began in 1979, the Colorado-based National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US said on Thursday. [News Source]

US could create 4.2 mln green jobs by 2038 - study. The US economy could generate 4.2 million new "green" jobs in the next 30 years, about 10 percent of all the jobs created, according to a study for the US Conference of Mayors released on Thursday. [News Source]