The problems of geo-engineering. If people can warm the Earth, they can probably cool it too. That is the idea behind geo-engineering--which holds that besides cutting the rate of burning fossil fuels, humanity should also consider planet-wide engineering projects to reduce the side-effects of this combustion. [News Source]

In Westchester, learning to save the planet by starting at home. Bedford, N.Y., is among a number of smaller communities across the country that have joined cities in trying to reduce their carbon footprints, motivated by concerns over global warming. [News Source]

Climate program helps nations go green. The World Bank has selected eight developing nations to receive $500 million to help them adapt to global warming. If the climate adaptation program goes well it could play a pivotal role in developing a new global climate deal. [News Source]

Policy intervention needed to prevent climate change. Prime Minister's envoy on climate change Shyam Sharan on Sunday underlined the "urgent" need for a policy intervention aimed at safeguarding the ecology and climate in India. [News Source]

Expert urges steps to reduce global warming. Noted architect Kamil Khan Mumtaz Saturday said it was high time to construct environment-friendly buildings to help reduce global warming and environment degradation. [News Source]

Two children should be limit, says green guru. Couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the government’s green adviser has warned. [News Source]

Japan to set new reduction target for greenhouse gases by June. Japan will set a new reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 sometime by June, Prime Minister Taro Aso was to announce at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. [News Source]

Aerospace data could help find environmental solutions. The aerospace industry is helping with the environment, pinpointing greenhouse gas emissions through new satellite technology. [News Source]

Climate expert Jim Hansen snubs Heathrow runway protesters. Jim Hansen, director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, has told anti-aviation campaigners that their protests will not help the battle against global warming and do not deserve support. [News Source]

Gore in the Senate: a more receptive audience now. The fact that John Kerry chose to make global warming the subject of his first hearing as chairman of the committee signals that in President Barack Obama's Washington at least, Gore's views on the severity of climate change and the need for action are gaining clout. [News Source]

Czech president slams Gore over climate. Czech President Vaclav Klaus took aim at climate change campaigner Al Gore on Saturday in Davos in a frontal attack on the science of global warming. "I don't think that there is any global warming," said Klaus, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. [News Source]