House climate bill would hand EPA a heavy workload. Under House Democrats' draft climate and energy bill, U.S. EPA would be tasked with launching a raft of major climate programs, dramatically boosting the workload of a cash-strapped agency already struggling to meet a long list of regulatory deadlines. [News Source]

China vies to be world’s leader in electric cars. In a new threat to Detroit, China is investing heavily in hybrid and electric-vehicle technology with a plan built on research, recharging stations and incentives. [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]

House climate bill would hand EPA a heavy workload. Under House Democrats' draft climate and energy bill, U.S. EPA would be tasked with launching a raft of major climate programs, dramatically boosting the workload of a cash-strapped agency already struggling to meet a long list of regulatory deadlines. [News Source]

China vies to be world’s leader in electric cars. In a new threat to Detroit, China is investing heavily in hybrid and electric-vehicle technology with a plan built on research, recharging stations and incentives. [News Source]

EU mulls climate-change adaptation strategy. To prepare for a comprehensive EU climate-change adaptation strategy, the European Commission is mapping potential impacts and costs of climate change for different economic sectors. [News Source]

State forecast to face less water, more heat. Californians probably will have to cope with less water and more frequent and intense wildfires, heat waves and bad-air days throughout this century, according to studies released Wednesday by state climate experts. [News Source]

Asian dolphin, feared dying, is thriving. Biologists working in Bangladesh have found a thriving population of about 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, a species that experts had worried was vulnerable to extinction. [News Source]

Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins found along Bangladesh coast. Conservationists claim to have found thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins on the Bangladesh coast, but warn that the newly discovered population is under threat from climate change and fishing. [News Source]

Europe will suffer despite climate measures: EU. Europe must prepare both for more floods and drought caused by climate change, regardless of the measures taken to combat it, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas warned Wednesday. [News Source]

Climate change will hit China hard, says UK scientist. Hundreds of millions of Chinese are likely to face extreme climate change and shortages of water, food and energy in the next few decades unless the emission of carbon dioxide and other polluting chemicals is checked, the UK's chief scientific adviser said. [News Source]