Gore says carbon capture boom unlikely across China. A carbon capture boom is unlikely near term in China, the world's top greenhouse gas polluter, because its coal-burning plants are inefficient, said former U.S. Vice President and global warming activist Al Gore. [News Source]

Oregon legislation puts backyard laundry on the line. A bill that may soon become law would prohibit homeowner associations and condo associations from banning clotheslines in areas maintained by individual homeowners. [News Source]

Study: Climate change altering lake levels. A new study blames a post-1998 plunge in upper Great Lakes water levels on changing climate patterns -- not a manmade "drain hole" sucking lake water out the St. Clair River. [News Source]

New images show 50 years of climate change in the Himalayas. A series of before and after panoramas of Imja glacier taken five decades apart highlights dramatic reduction of Himalayan ice.The photos have now been united for the first time in an exhibition. [News Source]

Looming El Niño sets up gloomy forecast. The latest forecast from the National Climate Centre in Melbourne says the chances of an El Niño weather pattern developing are twice as strong as normal. [News Source]

Dust chasers seek answer to the Aral. 40 years ago the Aral sea was the biggest landlocked body of water in the world. Now it is one of the driest places in Kazakhstan and Central Asia - and a laboratory for researchers studying dust storms expected with climate change. [News Source]

Del. global warming threat detailed. Since the entire state of Delaware falls in a coastal zone, one area educator says the public needs to be aware of the changes affecting area waterways. [News Source]

Revealed: The dramatic impact climate change has had on Mt Everest. Startling photographs taken fifty years apart reveal the dramatic impact global warming has had on what was one of Himalayas greatest glaciers. [News Source]

Kenya among countries prone to climate change. A new report ranks Kenya among countries most vulnerable to floods and drought caused by climate change. [News Source]

It is ‘naive’ to believe a system for storing carbon in forests will be easy, study concludes. Plans to cut global emissions by paying tropical nations cash in exchange for saving trees could backfire without localized protections, cautions a new report commissioned by Norway. [News Source]

Energy-saving lights urged to tackle climate change. Officials urged enterprises and general consumers to speed up the switch to energy-saving lighting appliances to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and cope with the threat of global warming. [News Source]