At URI, climate expert offers solutions to global warming (The Providence Journal) SOUTH KINGSTOWN — For three months scientists have warned about the perils and dimensions of global climate change in special presentations at the University of Rhode Island. [News Source]

Greenhouse gas emissions increase in US The amount of U.S. greenhouse gases flowing into the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, increased last year by 1.4 percent after a decline in 2006, the Energy Department reported Wednesday. [News Source]

Deadline for global climate treaty in question. Negotiators from 190 countries agreed a year ago to complete a new global warming treaty by the end of 2009 that would force governments to reduce carbon emissions. That deadline now appears to be slipping away. [News Source]

The heat is on. Global warming has the power to plunge the world into a crisis deeper and more permanent than the Great Depression and two world wars of the last century, according to Lord Nicholas Stern, author of an influential study for the UK Treasury on the economics of climate change. [News Source]

TV meteorologists disagree with prevailing attitude about climate change. They will tell you when the skies might rain or snow, when to bundle up the kids in a cold snap and when to make weekend plans for sun. They also will tell you that human-caused global warming is hogwash. [News Source]

Solar thermal projects gather steam–and opposition. Owned by Ausra Inc., the first so-called solar thermal facility is planned to open in California in nearly two decades. But environmentalists are worried. [News Source]

Follow the money deep underground. Multinational company Sithe Global Power was drilling to test for water sources deep beneath Navajo land, on a site where they hope to erect a controversial "clean coal" power plant. [News Source]

Season in the sun. Along with radical change, global warming is bringing tourists to Greenland. [News Source]

Climate change delays recovery from acid rain, say Cardiff University scientists. Climate change is hampering the long-term recovery of Welsh rivers from the effects of acid rain, a team of scientists claim. [News Source]

Climate change could ruin Florida’s $5.5 Billion reef economy. A new analysis of economic activity generated by Florida's coral reefs finds that some 70,000 jobs and more than $5.5 billion in business in the state could disappear if climate change destroys the reefs. [News Source]

Breathe deeply while you can. Air quality in Nova Scotia is increasingly in jeopardy because of climate change, scientists say. [News Source]