Climate declaration to get global boost. The U.S., European Union and 12 of the world's largest nations plan to embrace "an aspirational goal" of reducing emissions of global-warming gases by 50% by 2050, according to a draft declaration by world leaders set for release next week in Italy. [News Source]

Green power takes root in the Chinese desert. Through a combination of carrots and sticks, Beijing is steering an immense push toward wind and solar power, while the U.S. is just starting. [News Source]

A Tasmanian tragedy? Tasmanian industrial foresters and environmentalists have been fighting over the issue of clearcutting the island’s forests for decades. The battle is over nothing less than the future of Tasmania, and an important resource for mitigating climate change. [News Source]

Power station protesters guilty. Twenty-two environmental campaigners have been found guilty of obstructing a train carrying coal to Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. [News Source]

Lowering the baa (or how our sheep are shrinking) Everyone knows that woolly jumpers shrink in a hot wash. Now scientists say warm weather is causing sheep to get smaller. [News Source]

Reappraising aerosols. Atmospheric aerosols may be offsetting greenhouse warming to a lesser extent than previously thought, suggests a new study. [News Source]

Can this man save the planet? Todd Stern is supposed to negotiate a treaty that can fix the climate—and pass the Senate. Guess which is harder? [News Source]

Los Angeles will end use of coal-fired power, mayor vows. Consumers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest city-owned utility in the United States with 1.45 million electricity customers, will see higher power bills in the fight against climate change, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. [News Source]

Energy job losers could get windfall. Workers who lose their jobs if the pending climate change legislation becomes law could get a weekly paycheck for up to three years, subsidies to find new work and other generous benefits -- all courtesy of Uncle Sam -- under a little-noticed provision of the bill. [News Source]

Traders in clean-energy certificates fear House climate bill will upset market. Brokers in renewable-energy certificates have reservations about provisions in the House-passed climate and energy bill that would set a national renewable electricity standard. [News Source]

Brazil wants C02 cuts based on historic emissions. Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, and wants developed nations to take the lead in adopting emission cuts, Brazil's top climate negotiator said [News Source]