Climate Change (Times Education Supplement) Power Point Presentation on Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Climate Change. [News Source]

‘Climate change’ brings wild weather (Sky News Australia) Climate change experts have warned that severe weather events are likely to occur more often in Australia as global warming continues. [News Source]

Irish minister bans climate change adverts (Independent) An advertising campaign urging people to help tackle climate change has been banned by Northern Ireland's Environment minister because he does not believe humans are the main cause of global warming. [News Source]

‘Climate change’ brings extreme weather (The West Australian) Climate change experts have warned that severe weather events are likely to occur more often in Australia as global warming continues. Commenting on the Victorian bushfires, climatologist Professor [News Source]

NIreland environment minister bans climate change ads (AFP via Yahoo! News) Northern Ireland's environment minister came under fire Monday after he banned a climate change ad campaign, saying it was "nonsense" to suggest people could save the world by turning off their lights. [News Source]

EU looks beyond global warming to secure energy, competitiveness (The Japan Times) The climate and energy policy adopted by the European Union in December is aimed not only at addressing global warming but the region's energy security and industrial competitiveness, said Christian Egenhofer, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels. "It has to be understood specifically as an EU package and not as a model for the world," Egenhofer told the Jan. 21 ... [News Source]

Fires, floods pressure Australia on climate. Australia's deadliest bushfires, and devastating floods in the nation's tropical north, will increase pressure on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to take firmer action on climate change, environmentalists said on Monday. [News Source]

Climate change takes a mental toll. There is evidence that extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, cyclones, and hurricanes, can lead to emotional distress, which can trigger such things as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, in which the body's fear and arousal system kicks into overdrive. [News Source]

Energy Secretary Steven Chu faces tough menu of choices. The question is, where does Chu start? Certainly he won't be the only person in the administration working to transform how the nation uses energy. But the balance of power remains undetermined. [News Source]

Food: the next frontier in recycling. It turns out a lot of what we throw in the garbage is stuff that could be composted. Stuff like food scraps, used Kleenex and greasy pizza cartons. [News Source]

Oilpatch should reduce water use: report. A water-scarce future means Alberta should switch from coal-fired power to renewable energy, dismiss the idea of nuclear power, and dramatically reduce the oilpatch's water use by 2020, says a new Pembina Institute report. [News Source]