McCartney urges ‘meat-free days’ to tackle climate change. With his daughters, Stella and Mary, Sir Paul McCartney is behind Meat Free Monday, which aims to persuade people to go veggie once a week to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the world's livestock. [News Source]

Arctic researchers leave ‘tremendous’ footprint. Scientists investigating the effects of global warming on the Arctic have a dirty little secret: They're big polluters themselves. [News Source]

Power station boss ‘lucky to be warned’. The radical eco-terrorists who threatened a Victorian power plant boss say he should consider himself lucky he was warned. [News Source]

Democrats struggling for consensus on climate bills. Democratic allies remain at odds over provisions of a House climate bill and a Senate energy bill, even as congressional leaders and Obama administration officials are pressing to complete work on the legislation. [News Source]

Angst over cap and trade. Climate-change legislation that cleared the House Energy & Commerce Committee last month contains a key provision that is likely to allow these industries to emit greenhouse gases without penalty during the first years the bill would go into effect. [News Source]

Peterson taking a stand for biofuels. Collin Peterson, Minnesota's outspoken farm country congressman, is kicking up dust in Congress this month with his threats to obstruct a key climate change bill over concerns that the government is undermining farmers -- particularly in the ethanol industry. [News Source]

Greenpeace: govt`s initiative on climate change inadequate. Greenpeace considers the Indonesian government`s initiative in addressing climate change inadequate, a spokesman said. [News Source]

Trio’s 10 priorities for green growth. Environment ministers from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea meeting in Beijing on Sunday drew up a list of 10 priorities to help strengthen cooperation on environmental problems, tackle pollution, and pursue low-carbon growth across three nations. [News Source]

No surprises in Senate climate reports. Two long-awaited Senate committee reports into emissions trading have been handed down - and they contain no surprises. [News Source]

Boral denies it’s a climate scaremonger. Building products group Boral Ltd says it strongly refutes allegations made by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) that it is one six companies that have been scaremongering about the costs of tackling climate change. [News Source]

Labor lays energy trap for Opposition. Legislation creating a renewable energy target will be rushed into Parliament by the Federal Government as soon as today in an effort to pressure the Opposition into declaring its hand on climate change. [News Source]