UN Chief Urges Climate Change Help Despite Slowdown (Planet Ark) DHAKA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged developed countries not to neglect climate change as they tend to a global economic slowdown and called on rich nations to help poor countries prone to global warming. [News Source]

In Bush’s end-game, lots of changes on environment. As the U.S. presidential candidates sprint toward the finish line, the Bush administration is also sprinting to enact environmental policy changes before leaving power. [News Source]

Fears mount as Arctic melt prompts historic methane rise. Atmospheric concentrations of methane, "a greenhouse gas more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide", have risen for the first time in eight years, prompting concern about the pace of climate change [News Source]

Drought land ‘will be abandoned’. Parts of the world may have to be abandoned because severe water shortages will leave them uninhabitable, the United Nations environment chief has warned. [News Source]

Is water the new oil? It's the world's most precious commodity, yet many of us take it for granted. But that's all about to change. [News Source]

Climate change show notes area’s vulnerability. Home owners near Long Island's shoreline may face more of an immediate threat from storms caused by global warming than they realize, according to experts overseeing a new exhibition about climate change at the American Museum of Natural History. [News Source]

Curse of the carborexic. Experts are warning the global warming panic is promoting obsessive compulsive disorders among some. Dubbed "carborexics'' or "dark greens'', these individuals will factor their carbon impact into every aspect of their life and go to extremes to avoid using energy. [News Source]

Gulf petrodollars help UK go green. The fight against climate change will get an unexpected boost today from oil-rich Gulf states which will pledge to invest some of their petrodollar profits in British green energy projects. [News Source]

Study to sort science from sci-fi. A major study of whether planet-scale technologies such as giant mirrors in space or "fertilising" the oceans with iron could help combat climate change has been announced. [News Source]

Climate panel has a beef with meat lovers. Want to lead a greener life? We all know the mantra: Drive a fuel-efficient car, insulate your house, change your light bulbs, reuse those grocery bags. How about this: Eat less meat? It's a message we hardly ever hear. [News Source]

Third runway at Heathrow would wreck climate target. Gordon Brown has been warned by senior ministers that approving a third runway at Heathrow could wreck the government’s green credentials and undermine efforts to combat climate change. [News Source]