UN: crisis must not stop climate change action (AP via Yahoo! News) Environment ministers agreed Tuesday that the world financial crisis must not halt efforts to combat global warming, a top United Nations climate official said. [News Source]

Discussion on global warming planned in Franklin (The Country Gazette) Afraid of skyrocketing energy bills? Feel hopeless about climate change? Learn how to do something about these big problems at the Global Warming Café, a community gathering, on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-4 p.m., at the First Universalist Society of Franklin, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin. [News Source]

Memos tell wildlife officials to ignore global-warming impact (Lexington Herald-Leader) New legal memos by top Bush administration officials say that the Endangered Species Act can't be used to protect animals and their habitats from climate change by regulating specific sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the cause of global warming. The assessment, outlined in memos sent earlier this month and leaked Tuesday, provides the official legal justification for limiting protections ... [News Source]

On climate change, US contenders share the wavelength (AFP via Yahoo! News) Little separates Barack Obama and John McCain on the issue of global warming. That means victory for either of them in the November 4 elections will signal a sea change in the way the United States addresses the issue. [News Source]

Memos tell wildlife officials to ignore global-warming impact (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON — New legal memos by top Bush administration officials say that the Endangered Species Act can't be used to protect animals and their habitats from climate change by regulating specific sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the cause of global warming. [News Source]

NY museum’s climate change show dives in politics (Reuters via Yahoo! News) One of America's most renowned science museums dives into politics again this week with a new exhibition on climate change that curators say is an effort to separate fact from fear. [News Source]

British seas face disaster. The seas around Britain face an ecological disaster because of over fishing and pollution, a new report warns. [News Source]

Warming likely to affect Great Lakes shipping. Walleye and yellow perch - the backbone of the Great Lakes region's multibillion dollar recreation and tourism industry - will likely be harder to catch as the lakes warm. Algae will proliferate, sucking more oxygen from the water. And lake levels will become chronically lower. [News Source]

Ozone pollution to worsen under climate change. Surface-level ozone, a poisonous gas that claims tens of thousands of lives annually, could get much worse thanks to the effects of climate change, according to new research. [News Source]

Scientists try to domesticate Mother Nature. How do you liquefy shredded plants into jet fuel? Dozens of science labs are now trying to answer those questions in a quest for the ultimate liquid fuel -- one that is clean, cheap, easy to make and doesn't compete with food stocks. [News Source]

McCain, Obama and the environment. Though the two presidential candidates have been consistent and, at times, vocal about their support for climate action, their positions have not been discussed in detail. [News Source]