March 20 Lecture Focuses on Global Warming, Alaska’s Inupiaq People (Newswise) On Friday, March 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 127 Memorial Hall on the University of Delaware's Newark campus, Chie Sakakibara will present the lecture "Kiavallakkikput Agviq--Cultural Responses to Climate Change among the Inupiaq People of Arctic Alaska." [News Source]

Climate change won’t wait for recession’s end (Environmental News Network) THE unprecedented challenges of economic recession, global warming, peak oil and shortages of usable water have all emerged simultaneously. The argument that the problems of recession and rising unemployment are more immediate and, therefore, measures to reduce the national carbon footprint should be put to one side, should be seen for what it is — special pleading by polluters who have ... [News Source]

Industry leaders denying climate change, says UK science minister (vnunet.com) Ian Sample, The Guardian, BusinessGreen , Thursday 5 March 2009 at 10:50:00 Lord Drayson says there is an urgent need to restate the scientific evidence for global warming and calls for companies to focus on their environmental obligations Senior figures in the manufacturing industry do not accept that human activities are driving global warming or that action needs to be taken to ... [News Source]

Nigeria: African Mayors Agree to Combat Climate Change (AllAfrica.com) Lagos — Mayors from 33 capital and major cities across Africa have pledged to quicken climate change adaptation and mitigation plans for their cities. [News Source]

Speaker says Gore is wrong: Climate change is even worse (The Star Press) MUNCIE -- Global warming is one of the top five problems facing humankind, according to Thomas Friedman, a New York Times journalist and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. [News Source]