OSU hosts series on climate change (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Oregon State University will host a seminar series focusing on different aspects of climate change that begins today with a talk by Ricardo Matano, who will discuss the oceans and climate. [News Source]

30mn exposed to climate change, says rights group (Gulf Times) A Bangladeshi rights group yesterday called for recognising environmental refugees with free economic migration rights under UN covenants as it estimated some 30mn people of the South Asian country are already exposed to climate change. [News Source]

PUC chief asks for study of climate-change rules’ effect on electricity prices (Dallas Morning News) The chairman of the Public Utility Commission is worried that federal climate-change legislation could pummel the Texas economy, and he asked the company that operates the state's electric grid to study the matter. [News Source]

Rights group says 30 million Bangladeshis exposed to climate change (EARTHtimes.org) Dhaka - A Bangladeshi rights group Saturday called for recognising environmental refugees with free economic migration rights under UN covenants as it estimated some 30 million people of the South Asian country are already exposed to climate change. ... [News Source]

Wordie Ice Shelf has disappeared: Scientists. One Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, U.S. and British government researchers reported on Friday. [News Source]

New study: Insurers move slowly on climate risks. Insurers worldwide are gearing up to confront climate change, substantially increasing the number of programs they offer to reduce storm damage, address emissions and encourage renewable energy projects, according to a study released yesterday. [News Source]

The green grass of home is a growing concern for right-wingers. The White House organic garden, and all it stands for, has heartened green groups and organic farmers but given the right-wing commentators even more reason to fear that the Obamas are green - really green. [News Source]

The new age of extinction. Conservationists estimate that extinctions worldwide are occurring at a pace that is up to 1,000 times as great as history's background rate before human beings began proliferating. Worse, that die-off could be accelerating. [News Source]

Arctic summer may be ice-free in 30 years. The frozen ocean of the Arctic might disappear far sooner than scientists have previously predicted with the first ice-free summer occurring within the next 30 years – three times earlier than estimated. [News Source]

Massive Antarctic ice shelf set to break loose. A Jamaica-sized ice shelf is close to wrenching itself away from Antarctica, following dramatic weakening of an ice "bridge" linking it to the continent. [News Source]

Environmental group blames global warming for plight of pika. The American pika - a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes - isn't built for long-distance travel. [News Source]