Activists pledge ‘all-out war’ to block power plant. Environmentalists are vowing to block a proposed $6 billion coal-fired power plant in Surry County, saying it would increase air pollution, would contribute to global warming, and is not needed. [News Source]

New US military report on global warming raises worry. A new US military report has come under scrutiny for asserting that the scientific data on what is causing global warming is "contradictory." [News Source]

Polish villagers combating coal company. Tomislawice is a small battlefield in the world’s energy wars. It illustrates the dependency of emerging countries like Poland on old and dirty -- but cheap and reliable -- energy sources at a time when more advanced countries want to move faster toward clean power. [News Source]

Flooding a threat to river basin. Climate change and global warming are rising concerns for the Delaware River Basin, scientists said Friday, especially for lower Delaware River and Delaware Bay coastlines vulnerable to sea level changes and wetland losses. [News Source]

Arctic will have first ice-free summer in 2015. The ice that has covered the Arctic basin for a million years will be gone in little more than six years because of global warming, a University of Manitoba geoscientist said. [News Source]

Climate scientists say 2008 will be coolest year of the decade. The global average for 2008 should come in close to 14.3C, but cooler temperature is not evidence that global warming is slowing, say climate scientists. [News Source]

Pollution ‘could kill as many as climate change’ warns Met Office. Dr Vicky Pope, head of climate change advice at the Met Office, said pollution can exacerbate the effects of climate change. [News Source]

Six Caribbean islands in top 40 climate hot spots. At least six Caribbean islands - Haiti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique and Saint Lucia - were listed in the top 40 countries experiencing extreme weather impacts by the 2009 Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index. [News Source]

Water agency needs an overhaul, congressman says. The federal government's water-management agency can no longer operate as though Colorado River water is abundant. [News Source]

Himalayan guests spurn winter date. Migratory birds that normally flock the Getalsud, Kanke and Rukka dams every winter appear to have dropped Jharkhand from their itinerary this year, and experts are blaming climate change. [News Source]

Scientist says ancient technique cuts greenhouse gas. An ancient technique of plowing charred plants into the ground to revive soil may also trap greenhouse gases for thousands of years and forestall global warming, scientists said on Friday. [News Source]