NASA: spotless sun cannot reverse climate change (Crikey) So much for any hopes of a mini ice age or global warming reprieve courtesy of a natural cycle, writes Ben Sandilands . [News Source]

Climate change ‘threatens polar bears’ (BigPond News) Polar bears are in danger of being wiped out unless urgent measures are taken to combat climate change. [News Source]

Climate-Change Policies Risk Protectionism, China, India Say (Bloomberg) April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Global-warming policies being considered by the U.S. and Japan risk provoking trade barriers, Chinese and Indian officials said in interviews. [News Source]

Climate-Change Policies Risk Protectionism, China, India Say (Bloomberg) April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Global-warming policies being considered by the U.S. and Japan risk provoking trade barriers, Chinese and Indian officials said in interviews. [News Source]

Stark warning over impact of climate change on EU farm sector (Irish Examiner) EUROPEAN agriculture will feel the full force of climate change, Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has warned. [News Source]

‘Gore-Sat’ climate probe may get second chance

After sitting in a box at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland for eight years, NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory is now on the brink of resurrection.

[News Source]

Study: Arctic sea ice will shrink dramatically The areas of the Arctic covered in sea ice in summers will shrink by two-thirds within 30 years, researchers report, attributing that to natural conditions as well as manmade greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Climate-Change Policies Risk Protectionism, China, India Say (Bloomberg) April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Global-warming policies being considered by the U.S. and Japan risk provoking trade barriers, Chinese and Indian officials said in interviews. [News Source]

Pelosi vows global warming bill by 2010 (Politico via Yahoo! News) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has set her sights on passing a global warming bill by the end of the year, pushing past strong misgivings from moderate Democrats in the House and Senate. [News Source]

Protest themes range from world poverty to global warming at London G20 summit (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) LONDON - Police were out in force for the G20 summit Thursday, swarming the east London riverside site as small groups of demonstrators protested world poverty and climate change. [News Source]

Report outlines possible effects of warming on California. As California warms in coming decades, farmers will have less water, the state could lose more than a million acres of cropland and forest fire rates will soar, according to a broad-ranging state report released Wednesday. [News Source]