Study shows wealthy may be greenest but leave high carbon footprint. A well-off Bristol area tops a new list of the most environment-conscious places. But the study shows that wealth leaves a big carbon footprint. [News Source]

Chill out, you beautiful people, the Versace beach is refrigerated. Versace, the renowned fashion house, is to create the world’s first refrigerated beach so that hotel guests can walk comfortably across the sand on scorching days. The scheme is likely to infuriate environmentalists. [News Source]

Government to phase out ozone in 15 years. A 15-year programme for the complete phase out of hydrochloro-fluorocarbons (HCFCs) use for refrigerants and foam materials kicked-off yesterday. [News Source]

Analysis: Al Gore pushes the limits. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Friday called on world leaders to become more involved in hammering out a global climate deal, amid hopes that the United States will take the lead starting next year. [News Source]

Poznan produces a ‘vision gap.’ The United Nations climate change conference ended on a bitter note in the early hours of Saturday. [News Source]

Poor accuse rich of meanness in UN climate change talks. Developing nations accused the rich of meanness yesterday at the end of UN climate talks that launched only a tiny fund to help poor countries cope with droughts, floods and rising seas. [News Source]

At U.N. climate talks, wealthy nations urged to act boldly. Developing countries upbraided rich nations at U.N. climate talks Thursday, saying they were refusing to act boldly enough to stop global warming. [News Source]

After lull, war on climate change faces crunch year. After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment, creative thinking and a deep well of money. [News Source]

Australia blamed as progress on new deal fizzles. A call-to-arms by former US vice-president Al Gore, and a contentious European deal to cut its greenhouse emissions have overshadowed an anti-climactic finale to UN climate talks in Poland. [News Source]

Barack Obama will adopt some Bush policies on climate change. Barack Obama will adopt some of President Bush's policies on climate change, the head of the US Senate Foreign Relations committee said today during stalled talks on protecting the climate in Poland. [News Source]

Breakthrough in climate talks. A marathon UN climate conference entered its final stages on Friday with a spring in its step after the European Union salvaged its environmental credentials with a landmark new pact. [News Source]