United on climate change: Obama’s Chinese revolution (Independent) Barack Obama is to invite China to join the United States in an effort by the world's two biggest polluters to stop global warming running out of control. [News Source]

More fires to come as climate change continues: Bob Brown (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) Greens leader Bob Brown says bushfires like the ones raging across Victoria and New South Wales this weekend will be more frequent if climate change continues. [News Source]

Climate change to fuel more bushfires - Greens (Stuff) Extreme bushfires will become more frequent if the world fails to act on climate change, the Australian Greens say. [News Source]

Environmental views, past and present. In his first weeks in office, President Obama has dismantled many environmental policies set by the Bush administration. But in some areas, he will be building on the work of his predecessor, rather than taking it apart. [News Source]

Population growth: the forgotten worry, though crisis continues. A group of 160 scientists and thinkers say it's time to talk population again. They're worried we won't make adequate progress on the most crucial environmental goals unless we tackle growth and its ever increasing demands on the planet. [News Source]

Both sides sound off on proposed coal plant in Ely. Environmentalists say a water-sucking, carbon-emitting, coal-fired power plant shouldn't be built anywhere in the world, let alone Nevada's high desert, but union workers say they desperately need the 2,500 construction jobs the $5 billion project would create. [News Source]

Gender and climate change. According to one international environmental group, women will be particularly affected by the predicted increase in climate change-related disasters. [News Source]

Tanzania says no to international project on carbon capture, storage. Tanzania has rejected an international project to capture and store carbon from the air in a bid to mitigate the effects of climate change and global warming. [News Source]

Toward a green recovery. The economic stimulus could generate green jobs with tens of billions of dollars for clean energy and efficiency. Labor and environmental groups want to make sure those jobs pay people well as they do good for the planet. [News Source]

Fruit and veg prices to rise in wake of extreme weather. The price of fruit and vegetables is set to rocket as the full effects of the deluge in the north and the heatwave in the south is felt in Australia's farming communities. [News Source]

Climate change is friend and foe to ozone layer. Thanks to increasing CO2 concentrations and shifting air currents, the mid-northern hemisphere will likely see its ozone restored ahead of schedule, according to a new study. [News Source]