Beachfront residents on own against sea rise. Beachfront residents will get little protection or compensation from the State Government if their properties are threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change or coastal erosion, under a plan in the course of being developed. [News Source]

Changing climate may make super weed even more powerful. The UD research team found that Phragmites delivers a one-two chemical knock-out punch to snuff out its victims, and the poison becomes even more toxic in the presence of the sun's ultraviolet rays. [News Source]

Food of the future to be more diverse? Agricultural scientists shaping the future of food say that, as global warming alters patterns of temperature, rainfall, and carbon dioxide concentrations in the air, farms must evolve. [News Source]

Forest salvation. California has created one of the first regulated methods for landowners to make money by growing more trees, more quickly--in an effort to provide a solution to climate change. [News Source]

In Mattoon, Future-Gen coal-cleaning plan gets a second chance. FutureGen looked fated to become NeverGen when the Bush administration pulled the plug 18 months ago on the showcase clean-coal experiment slated for Downstate Mattoon. As of Friday, however, ProbablyGen would seem a more fitting nickname. [News Source]

California sees big costs to renewable power plan. California on Friday forecast high costs for the most ambitious clean energy plan in the nation, including a 28 percent rise in electricity rates and $115 billion in construction if the state wants to get a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. [News Source]

U.S. to restart plans for a plant to capture greenhouse gases. Federal officials announced an agreement this morning to restart plans to build an experimental plant that seeks to collect greenhouse gas emissions from coal before they enter the atmosphere. [News Source]

Energy Department says stalled futuristic coal-burning plant to move forward in Illinois. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday that reviving the FutureGen plant is an important step that shows the Obama administration's commitment to carbon-capture technology. [News Source]

Greenhouse pledges way too low: UN. Wealthy countries' targets to cut greenhouse emissions fall well short of what is needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to a confidential United Nations analysis. [News Source]

Ed Miliband takes climate change message to Isle of Wight festival. The first major pop festival of the summer opens today with a climate change message playing alongside music ranging from The Prodigy to Neil Young. [News Source]

Climate change: Obama sounds too much like Bush. A leading global environmental group has accused the United States of holding up UN climate negotiations. [News Source]