The climate change unbelievers (Independent) The caption calls him the "high priest of deceit and global destruction". The picture has him belching fire like a dragon. And who is the subject of this highly personal attack? None other than Al Gore, who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for their success in bringing the climate-change crisis to global public attention. [News Source]

The nuclear option. The presidential candidates are going head-to-head on nuclear power. But the nuclear industry says Senators Barack Obama and John McCain aren't that far apart when it comes to a commitment to build more nuclear reactors. [News Source]

Climate change ground zero. Even under optimistic global warming scenarios, much of the densely populated Bangladeshi island of Bhola is likely to be underwater by the middle of the century. [News Source]

Will the environment lose out to the economy? With the tanking economy dominating the news, and the government willing to virtually bankrupt itself to bail out the financial sector, it could be hard to push the climate change agenda — and possibly hard to find any money left to support it. [News Source]

The hermit and the marmot. Key to our understanding of global climate change are historical records. Which is why research scientists owe a debt of gratitude to a loner named Billy Barr—who kept meticulous notes about the weather and animals in remote Gothic, Colorado. [News Source]

Sultry to scorching: Rising temps may be too hot for tropical species. Climate change is warming the tropics, too. That increased warmth, however, is not good news for tropical plants and insects, according to a new study in Science. [News Source]

B.C. glaciers could be gone in 150 years, expert says. Climate experts are warning that if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions aren't reduced, most of B.C's glaciers will be melted within 150 years. [News Source]

Report warns on the future of farm dams. Unlicensed farm dams could be a thing of the past under proposals in a new report aiming to meet the severe water shortages posed by climate change in northern Victoria. [News Source]

Carbon market is no safe haven yet . New carbon commodities are government-guaranteed in the climate change fight, but are still too complex and immature to provide a haven for investors fleeing financial markets' rout. [News Source]

4 views of the financial crisis from a green perspective. Even while the enormity of the crisis, and our ability to prevent calamity, remain uncertain, analysts are beginning to consider the implications of the crisis for efforts to curb global warming. [News Source]

UN says credit crisis could enable “green growth”. Instead of sidelining the fight against climate change, the global credit crisis could hasten countries' efforts to create "green growth" industries by revamping the financial system behind them, the U.N. climate chief said on Friday. [News Source]