Obama to seek climate deal with Russia. Barack Obama will move to seal a deal with Russia for joint action on climate change during his summit in Moscow next week, the Guardian has learned. [News Source]

Climate body to try to bridge differences before G8. Officials from a 17-member body which account for the lions share of the world's carbon emissions will hold urgent talks next Tuesday to iron out differences on the eve of a July 8-10 summit of the G8. [News Source]

Carbon tariff ‘an excuse’ to protect trade. Developed countries' proposals to impose "carbon tariffs" on imports will violate WTO rules and go against the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. [News Source]

Plans for renewable energy bonds among 20 climate ideas to save the world. The idea is one of 20 radical solutions to the threat of global warming to be proposed during presentations at a conference in Manchester this weekend [News Source]

Senator Cantwell talks energy at REC. With supportive words and mention of a possible tax credit, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., complimented REC Silicon’s creation of green jobs during her tour of the Moses Lake plant Thursday. [News Source]

Britain’s help to the Third World to be rebranded ‘UKAid’. A move to rebrand operations by the Dept. for International Development is due to be unveiled in a White Paper which will also lay out a swathe of measures including how the Government intends to support countries affected by climate change. [News Source]

Drax protesters found guilty of obstructing coal train. Climate change protesters who ambushed and hijacked a power station coal train failed to convince a jury today that their actions were justified by the "imminent threat" of devastation from global warming. [News Source]

Federal funds help U.S. parks lower emissions. Officials at parks across the country are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by cleaning up their own operations, with the help of federal stimulus dollars. [News Source]

Old army maps find peacetime role. Environmental research and disaster-prevention are among peaceful goals Japanese researchers are striving for as they peruse thousands of topographic maps of the Asia-Pacific region produced secretly by the Imperial Japanese Army. [News Source]

Sharjah going green with gas-powered vehicles. Sharjah is going green big time as it plans to convert engines of 85 per cent of its public transport vehicles like buses and taxis into compressed natural gas (CNG) mode by the
end of this year. [News Source]

Knowing real air quality. Local citizens will soon get real time air quality data as automatic air quality monitoring station has been commissioned recently at Tagore Town in Orderly Bazar locality for continuous ambient air quality monitoring (CAAQM). [News Source]