A second leadership shift on House energy committee signals quick action on climate change (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON - A liberal Massachusetts Democrat will take over a House subcommittee that will play a major role in drafting legislation on global warming and other environmental issues. [News Source]

2009 Legislative Preview: Return engagement for global warming and re-regulation (The Daily Record) This legislative session may feel like déjà vu to lawmakers when it comes to the energy sector. Two bills that nearly made the cut last year only to get wiped out on the last day of the session — the global warming bill and a utility re-regulation bill — will return for consideration in 2009. [News Source]

Markey to take over key panel on global warming (Boston Globe) Rep. Edward Markey is taking over as chairman of a House panel expected to play a key role as the incoming Obama administration presses for major climate change legislation. [News Source]

Expert shines the (sun)spotlight on global warming (Gulf Times) By Fran Gillespie SO you thought that global warming is the result of pollution being pumped into the earth’s atmosphere? Think again, says Dr Mark Rose of Qatar Petroleum. Pollution has got nothing at all to do with global warming, it’s all because of sunspots. [News Source]

A tale of two pollutants. After more than a decade of research, a team of scientists has found that by releasing one pollutant - nitrogen - into the environment, we might help capture another - carbon dioxide. But the risks are considerable. [News Source]

Corals in peril. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s coral reefs have already succumbed to global warming, water pollution, and overfishing. Without immediate measures, the world is set to lose another 15 percent of coral reefs over the next 10 to 20 years, a new report finds. [News Source]

Can technology clear the air? Scientists argue that air capture is not only theoretically feasible, it will soon be a practical weapon against global warming. [News Source]

America’s untapped energy resource: boosting efficiency. This may sound too good to be true, but the U.S. has a renewable-energy resource that is perfectly clean, remarkably cheap, surprisingly abundant and immediately available. This miracle juice goes by the distinctly boring name of energy efficiency. [News Source]

Rising sea levels ‘could spark conflict over energy and food reserves.’ Rising sea levels caused by climate change are threatening to destabilise island nations and spark conflict across the world over energy and food reserves, the Australian military has claimed. [News Source]

Forestry: A green investment. If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? [News Source]

Blown away. Britain is now the world's leading generator of offshore wind power. The power generated by offshore wind is still relatively modest but its potential is enormous. Turbines are quadrupling in size, vastly increasing their efficiency and the power they can harvest. [News Source]