Obama won’t fight global warming with bear rules (AP via Yahoo! News) The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened polar bears and ruled out a broad new attack on greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Obama won’t fight global warming with bear rules (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened polar bears and ruled out a broad new attack on greenhouse gases. To the dismay of environmentalists, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar refused to rescind a Bush administration rule that says ... [News Source]

Cisco, NASA team up to monitor climate change (The Salt Lake Tribune) Cisco and NASA launched a partnership Tuesday to develop new online tools to measure and analyze climate change, aiming for a global platform that would help leaders make decisions on emissions controls. [News Source]

Wanted: A new home for my country. The Maldives is an archipelago of 1,190 islands in the Indian Ocean, with an average elevation of four feet. Even a slight rise in global sea levels, which many scientists predict will occur by the end of this century, could submerge most of the Maldives. [News Source]

Jesusita Fire likely a sign of things to come. The wildfire crackling over dry chaparral and engulfing homes in Santa Barbara is an ominous sign for the Bay Area, which experts say is ready to burn after two years of drought. Scientists predict the biggest near-term impact of climate change in California will be more fires. [News Source]

Changing the planet might help preserve it. Soon many scientists say we may need to start building space mirrors, creating artificial clouds or altering the chemistry of the sea to prevent the worst effects of global warming. [News Source]

U.S. curbs use of species act in protecting polar bear. The Obama administration said that it would retain a rule issued in the last days of the Bush administration that says the government cannot invoke the Endangered Species Act to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases threatening the polar bear and its habitat. [News Source]

‘Climate threat’ to Tibet region. Rising temperatures in Tibet are threatening droughts and floods, which could endanger millions of people, China's top weather official warned. [News Source]

Shad hard to find in local restaurants. A declining shad population has resulted in limited supplies of the local NY delicacy this season. Restrictions on how many days a week fishermen can fish, coupled with climate change and ecosystem alteration, has contributed to the decline. [News Source]

Typhoon kills 24 in Philippines. A powerful typhoon dumped heavy rains, triggered landslides and left at least 24 people dead and three missing in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Eritrea: Climate-proofing for the future. Droughts have grown longer and more brutal in this semi-arid part of Africa, populated mainly by pastoralist communities. [News Source]