BP brings ‘green era’ to a close. Environmental groups have accused BP of dropping its pledge to be green and replacing it with a commitment to be "responsible". [News Source]

Drought and floods cut rice harvest to 5 percent of normal. This year's rice harvest has been ravaged by both drought and flooding, with the NSW Riverina rice growing heartland expected to deliver just 5 per cent of normal harvest, or about 65,000 tonnes compared to 1.2 million tonnes in a typical year. [News Source]

Cleaner air from reduced emissions could save millions of lives, says report. Tackling climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions could save millions of lives because of the cleaner air that would result, according to a recent study. [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]

BP brings ‘green era’ to a close. Environmental groups have accused BP of dropping its pledge to be green and replacing it with a commitment to be "responsible". [News Source]

The ’screw Nevada bill’ and how it stymied U.S. nuclear waste policy. From the top of Yucca Mountain, about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, there is little sign that this 5,000-foot desert outcropping remains a major battleground in U.S. energy and climate policy. [News Source]

Current climate changes a spur for some to adapt. Dealing with climate change is mostly couched in terms of the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, with targets often set far in the future. But focusing on these mitigation strategies has distracted attention from the need to adapt to changes happening now, according to experts. [News Source]

Consensus elusive on proposed desert solar projects. Members of Congress who came to this desert community Monday to build consensus on solar energy development found they had a ways to go. [News Source]

County lands targeted for carbon credits. Should land that Florida and Charlotte County purchased to conserve the environment be used to justify allowing industries to spew more pollution someplace else? That question lies at the heart of the cap-and-trade strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Climate change could affect inland Fla. When you think of the danger of sea level rise caused by climate change in Florida, you usually don't think of its having any effect this far inland. However, you might want to rethink that. [News Source]