Little orange people and carbon capture subsidies. Lobbying often takes place behind closed doors. But a campaign for business-friendly climate regulation by one of Europe’s leading companies in the power and energy industries has literally exploded on the grass in front of the European Parliament. [News Source]

Green awards for a magnificent seven. Seven Scottish organisations that have slashed the amount of carbon dioxide they produce by a total of 20,000 tonnes a year will today receive an award to showcase their achievements, The Scotsman can reveal. [News Source]

Carbon footprinting an issue for superintendents. In a few weeks, golf course superintendents from across the Carolinas and some from surrounding states will gather and add another kind of footprint to their list of concerns, carbon footprinting. [News Source]

Electronics industry changes the climate with new greenhouse gas. Emissions of a greenhouse gas that has 17,000 times the planet-warming capacity of carbon dioxide are at least four times higher than had been previously estimated. [News Source]

Palin twists remarks on coal by Obama, supporters say. The McCain campaign is trying to sway coal state voters by selectively quoting from a 10-month-old interview to allege that Obama plans to "bankrupt the coal industry" with his plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Virginians see global warming as ‘very serious’. The majority of Virginians believe that the earth is not only getting warmer but that global warming also constitutes a "very serious" problem, according to the first statewide poll on climate change. [News Source]

Professor wants governments to plan now for global warming. When it comes to the economy, some people said we should have seen it coming. Radley Horton wants to make sure nobody says the same thing when it comes to global warming. [News Source]

RBA board member Warwick McKibbin urges delay on emissions trading scheme. Kevin Rudd's 2010 timetable for an emissions trading scheme is under fire from a Reserve Bank board member who has backed the Coalition's push to delay the scheme. [News Source]

Canada an environmental slouch, study says. Canada's environmental record is among the worst in the industrialized world, due in part to its poor performance fighting global warming, according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada on Monday. [News Source]

Wilson ‘isolated’ after DUP backs Climate Bill. Green campaigners say climate change sceptic Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has been isolated by his DUP colleagues after the party supported the UK Climate Change Bill in a Westminster debate. [News Source]

New National Park weather stations will help protect wildlife. Two new weather stations at Cwm Cadlan and Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserves in the Brecon Beacons National Park are part of a new initiative to help monitor the effects of climate change. [News Source]