Most still don’t get the drift about oceans. A new survey of 22,000 people across the country shows that little progress has been made in the last 10 years in making the public aware of the many problems challenging the world’s oceans. [News Source]

China urges developed nations to fulfill obligations in fighting climate change. A senior Chinese negotiator at the U.N. climate talks urged developed nations to show the political will to fulfill their obligations to curb global warming and said China will make continued efforts to advance the negotiations. [News Source]

Emissions trading bill doomed. The Australian Greens have predicted doom for emissions trading legislation as the government seeks to win the Senate support it needs to pass the controversial bill. [News Source]

Rally declares climate emergency. Environmentalists took to the streets yesterday to demand a greater Federal Government commitment to fight climate change. [News Source]

Australians rally for action on climate change. Thousands of demonstrators, dressed in red to highlight the perils of global warming, rallied across Australia to demand that the Australian government take a decisive role at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen in December that hopes to hammer out a new global treaty on climate change. [News Source]

Protesters demand more action on climate change. Hundreds of environmental activists took to the streets of cities around Australia on Saturday, saying the Labor government was not doing enough on climate change. [News Source]

U.S. Senate turns down Landrieu drilling plan. Coastal states did not fare well as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee defeated an amendment to allow coastal states to share in revenue derived from leasing oil and gas on the federal Outer Continental Shelf. [News Source]

Health fears linked to pollution are justified, activists say. Environmentalists say fears about health risks associated with Iowa's air are warranted. While it's difficult to prove any one plant's emissions directly caused a particular person's illness, national studies at numerous universities have found the types of compounds emitted by many of Iowa's facilities cause or worsen health problems such as asthma, decreased lung function and bronchitis, and can even kill. [News Source]

REDDy and waiting. These are critical times for trees. But a UN effort involving an idea known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation may be the answer. [News Source]

Seeing REDD in the Amazon. It makes economic sense to cut down trees. So instead, we should pay people not to chop down these trees. This idea is known in the ghastly jargon of climate-change diplomacy as “reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation." [News Source]

Stop wasting time and save the planet, Mr Rudd. We are in a climate emergency, which demands emergency action. The speed and severity of global warming is exceeding even the worst predictions, leading many to suggest that greenhouse gas levels are already too high. [News Source]