Colombian Indians plead for water preservation. Colombia is known for its ample supplies of fresh water. But the war has combined with global warming to damage the environment. [News Source]

Likely EPA decision a ‘game changer’ for climate policy? Big Business, greens and lawmakers are all bracing for an announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency this week on regulating greenhouse gases. Experts predict it will assert the federal government's right to restrict emissions in the name of health. [News Source]

Obama stands firm on a sweeping agenda. During a speech given at Georgetown University, President Obama tried to explain why he wants not only to revive the sagging economy, but to virtually reinvent it with sweeping changes in health care, energy and education. Without deeper reform, the economy would only topple again later. [News Source]

Boxer tries for support for omnibus energy bill. California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer told more than 50 Silicon Valley CEOs Tuesday that they need to go to Washington if they want to help improve Americans' health and end the country's dependence on foreign oil. [News Source]

Green energy plan could drive GE jobs. A federal proposal to require electric utilities to generate a certain percentage of their power without burning fossil fuels could re-ignite the U.S. wind energy industry and be a boon to wind turbine production at GE's Greenville plant. [News Source]

Who’s going to get the carbon pollution credits? Carol Browner, John Holdren, and US Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., say that global warming and US energy security are connected by the need to sharply curb the burning fossil fuels to make electricity and drive vehicles to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Climate endangerment finding clears White House review. U.S. EPA's proposed endangerment finding cleared the White House review process yesterday--paving the way for an official announcement detailing the threats posed by global warming to both public health and welfare. [News Source]

Forty per cent of children now suffer from food allergies. The number of children with allergies has tripled in the past decade, with millions being diagnosed with severe immune system disorders. Research suggests climate change could be responsible for exacerbating the seriousness of some conditions. [News Source]

Trees may dry up with global warming. Warming global temperatures could cause massive tree die-offs. That's the gloomy conclusion of a new study by scientists at the University of Arizona. [News Source]

Warmer temperatures play big role in droughty tree die-offs. Authors of a new study estimate that as global warming tightens its grip in the US Southwest, large-scale loss of trees from drought is likely to occur five times more frequently than they have in the past century. [News Source]

Global warming may leave U.S. Southwest pining for pinyons. An experiment shows that hotter average temperatures caused by climate change may be enough to kill off the pinyon pine. [News Source]