Environmental group seeks to add whitebark pine tree to endangered species list. The whitebark pine, a tree found in the high elevations of the western U.S. and Canada, is being killed as a consequence of global warming and should be protected as an endangered species, an environmental group told the Interior Department. [News Source]

U.N. says climate change may uproot 6 million annually. The impact of climate change could uproot around six million people each year, half of them because of weather disasters like floods and storms, a top U.N. official said on Monday. [News Source]

Bye, bye Arctic ice - a case of too little too late. The world is struggling to keep global warming to two degrees celsius as governments cannot agree on the steps. Even if they agree, it will be too little too late to save the Arctic ice cap and the sea will rise 6-7 metres, says a leading scientist. [News Source]

Planning cities of the future will need to incorporate climate changes. City, County and State Planners learned they will have to face climate change and “Smart Growth” initiatives for a cleaner environment and a healthier planet during a three-day conference Annapolis, Md. [News Source]

World could ’suicide’ due to lack of climate pact. The world will "suicide" if it cannot strike a strong climate change pact soon, Australian environmental scientist Tim Flannery has warned. [News Source]

Can nuclear power compete? Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense [News Source]

The green machine. Van Jones is one of many people urging the incoming Obama administration to use the economic crisis to kick-start wider renewable energy use and build the infrastructure needed for a more energy-efficient, and more energy-independent, nation. [News Source]

Carbon-offset cowboys let their grass grow. Paying landowners to store carbon is a strategy that is rapidly gaining in popularity, and rangelands are the newest frontier in an emerging marketplace that enables polluters to buy carbon credits from projects designed to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. [News Source]

Everyone could get CO2 permits: China study. Everyone on the planet could get identical greenhouse gas emission rights as part of a drive to halve emissions by 2050, according to a study by Chinese scientists on Monday. [News Source]

Forest hotspots pinpointed for climate, animals. A UN atlas pinpointed on Friday parts of forests from the Amazon to Madagascar where better protection could give the twin benefits of slowing global warming and preserving rare wildlife. [News Source]

Study: Global warming reductions could stimulate California’s economy. California could create a “green economic stimulus plan” if it were to implement the Global Warming Solutions Act, claims a study paid for by the Environmental Defense Fund, which helped write the law. [News Source]