Visayas execs, GMA ink climate change accord (Cebu Daily News) Governors and mayors of three Visayas regions signed a covenant signifying their commitment to reverse climate change with doable measures like planting trees and reducing carbon emissions in their local government units (LGUs). [News Source]

House Dems scale back plans to curb global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) House Democratic leaders are scaling back plans to curb global warming and make the transition to cleaner energy in the hopes that they can get a bill passed this year. [News Source]

House Dems Scale Back Global Warming Plans (Fox News) House Dems have to lower targets for renewable energy and require a smaller reduction by 2020 in the emissions blamed for global warming. [News Source]

Coral Triangle at risk from climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Southeast Asia's biologically diverse coral reefs will disappear by the end of this century, wiping out coastal economies and sparking civil unrest if climate change isn't addressed, conservation group WWF said on Wednesday. [News Source]

House Dems scale back plans to curb global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) House Democratic leaders are scaling back their plans to cut the gases blamed for global warming and to transition the country to cleaner sources of energy. [News Source]

Orszag: No global warming dispute (The Politico) Republicans see critical OMB memo as ‘smoking gun’ on EPA global warming ruling. [News Source]

Sticker shock in acting on global warming (The Christian Science Monitor) A House climate-change bill is watered down as its price goes up. Is that leadership? [News Source]

Obama team clashed over climate policy An Environmental Protection Agency proposal that could lead to regulating the gases blamed for global warming will prove costly for factories, small businesses and other institutions, according to a White House document. [News Source]

Obama team clashed over climate policy An Environmental Protection Agency proposal that could lead to regulating the gases blamed for global warming will prove costly for factories, small businesses and other institutions, according to a White House document. [News Source]

Germany imagines suburbs without cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in Vauban, an experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg. The town is an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States and elsewhere to separate suburban life from auto use. [News Source]

The influence game: Firms exact climate price. Lawmakers determined to get a deal on climate change are going along with valuable concessions to polluters. It's part of the political trading necessary when powerful industries are involved. [News Source]