Another Weapon Emerges in the Combat Over Global Warming: A Thesaurus (New York Times) ?Global warming? becomes ?deteriorating atmosphere? and ?cap and trade? becomes ?pollution reduction refund? as marketers literally change the terms of the climate debate. [News Source]

Wealthy nations must lead on climate change: Economist (Toronto Star) The citizens and leaders of rich countries who aren't willing to ditch their SUVs and embrace other facets of a low-carbon lifestyle will sabotage attempts at reaching a global deal for tackling climate change, prominent British economist Lord Nicholas Stern is warning. [News Source]

Dangerous climate change may be just 50 years away, study warns (New York Daily News) When human injection of carbon released into the atmosphere gets up to one trillion tons, the result will be a dangerous climate change, according to a new analysis published in the journal Nature. Even worse news: We're already up to 520 billion. [News Source]

Sea Salt Holds Clues to Climate Change (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- We know that average sea levels have risen over the past century, and that global warming is to blame. But what is climate change doing to the saltiness, or salinity, of our oceans? [News Source]

US Sen Reid: Health Bill Easier To Pass Than Climate Change (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed optimism Friday that the Senate could pass health care legislation, but sounded more cautious notes about writing legislation intended to address global climate change. [News Source]

US Sen Reid: Health Bill Easier To Pass Than Climate Change (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed optimism Friday that the Senate could pass health care legislation, but sounded more cautious notes about writing legislation intended to address global climate change. [News Source]

Conserving forest key to fighting global warming. What happens in forests around the world will have a big effect on Ohio, its coal-burning utilities and their electric customers. [News Source]

Dear coal plants, you’re doomed. Climate scientists have written directly to the chiefs of the country's main coal companies and users, warning them that coal-fired power stations are doomed and that the Federal Government's carbon capture and storage plans are likely to be a waste of time and money. [News Source]

A move to make the insurance industry part of a post-Kyoto approach to climate risks. Mobilizing one of the world's largest industries to help protect populations from climate change is seen as an important and powerful way to avert some of the worst damages associated with a warming planet. [News Source]

Air quality here gets failing grade. Mercer County has received failing grades for its air quality. The “State of the Air Report” released by the American Lung Association gives Mercer County an “F” for high ozone days and particle pollution, based on data gathered by the U.S. EPA between 2005 and 2007. [News Source]

Residents in limbo as FEMA trailer deadline looms. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes more than three and a half years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit--and thousands have lived in temporary trailers ever since. Now, FEMA says its program has ended. As of May 1, it's time for residents to move on. [News Source]