Cardboard cooker wins global climate change competition. A cardboard cooker which uses the sun's energy to boil water has won a global competition for the best innovation to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Rice-duck farming can mitigate global warming - study. Studies have found that integrated rice-duck technology in organic farming can help mitigate global warming because ducks effectively suppress methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddies due to their constant paddling, a leading physicist said. [News Source]

Cows with gas: India’s contribution to global warming. By burping, belching and excreting copious amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas that traps 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide — India's roughly 485 million cows, sheep and goats contribute more to global warming than the vehicles they obstruct. [News Source]

Laws to combat acid rain are driving Arctic warming, claims NASA. It is widely recognised that humans are their own worst enemies when it comes to global warming. But the latest research from NASA suggests laws created to preserve the environment are causing much of the damage. [News Source]

Rich countries must deepen carbon cuts. Rich nations must commit to more ambitious targets for slashing greenhouse gases by 2020 in order to kickstart a new deal on global warming, the top UN climate official said last Wednesday. [News Source]

S.D. braces for ‘cap and trade’ energy changes. Climate change legislation that Congress is expected to take up later this month would raise energy prices for millions of Americans; the issue for South Dakota lawmakers is how it should be crafted to reduce the pain to state pocketbooks. [News Source]

Analysis: Energy prizes spur creativity. Universities and businesses are teaming up around the United States to promote clean-energy ventures that get students out of the laboratory and into the business world, marketing much-needed solutions to the nation's energy woes. [News Source]

Advanced biofuels roundup. With the economy tanking, federal officials are turning toward green energy as an economic and financial savior, and new biofuels are appearing increasingly attractive to legislators and industry. [News Source]

State considers ban on big screen TVs. State regulators have uncovered a new villain in the war on global warming: your big screen TV. The California Energy Commission is considering a proposal to ban California retailers from selling all but the most energy-efficient televisions. [News Source]

Reno’s high-tech science lab turns 50. Searching for water in a West African nation, scientists turned to the heavens. Using satellite remote technology, they pinpointed fractures in the Earth to identify where water pools below the surface. [News Source]

US to boost quake detection, under stimulus plan. The US Geological Survey bureau "is central to helping us meet the imperatives of the nation's energy and climate change challenges," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told reporters. [News Source]