Climate change meeting generates heat as ministers spar (Express India) A 'clash' of sorts broke out between Mani Shankar Aiyar, minister for panchayati raj, and Kapil Sibal, minister for science and technology and earth sciences, on Monday, over ways in which the country is dealing with climate change. [News Source]

Maldives seek to buy a new homeland. The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland - as an insurance policy against climate change that threatens to turn the 300,000 islanders into environmental refugees. [News Source]

Rift over key committee post threatens to distract Democrats from agenda. A fight is intensifying over whether Democratic Rep. John Dingell should continue to head the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, fraying unity among House Democrats. [News Source]

Spotlight shines on light pollution. Correcting light pollution could save billions of dollars a year in energy costs and also help slow climate change. [News Source]

Energy crisis déjà vu, or not. Climate change may be the game changer that keeps the U.S. on a conservation path despite tumbling gasoline prices. [News Source]

Social disaster before rising seas? For Kiribati, the threat of submergence because of sea level rise seems distant when compared to the range of potentially disastrous ecological and economic problems climate change brings in the short-term. [News Source]

Brave new warmer world for vintners. Farmers are starting to see signs of climate change. One crop that's more susceptible to change than most is the wine grape. [News Source]

Green future of Kashmir under threat. India’s ‘paradise’ — Kashmir — is threatening to lose its charming picture postcard beauty. [News Source]

Indian temperature rise will exceed projected rainfall, say scientists. Scientists have determined that the estimated temperature rise in India will far exceed the increase in projected rainfall by the end of the century. [News Source]

Global warming in Adirondacks will be crux of convention. The debate over climate change and global warming has been settled -- it's happening, say officials at The Wild Center, the Tupper Lake museum and research center of the Adirondacks. [News Source]

Maldives saving for new homeland in case country disappears into sea. The Maldives' newly-elected president said in an interview Monday that his government will begin saving to buy a new homeland in case global warming causes the country to disappear into the sea. [News Source]