Liberal leader praises Alberta oilsands at Calgary Stampede. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff touted Saturday the economic virtues and national reach of Alberta's oilsands, urging Canadians to take pride in the mammoth industrial development, which has touched off international environmental opposition. [News Source]

Climate change a ‘domestic’ issue, says Ramesh. Think locally, act locally. This is the mantra on which Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh wants to work on to tackle the problem of climate change. [News Source]

Can the G8 live up to the climate challenge? The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US are set to meet during July 8-10 in the earthquake-stricken Italian town of L'Aquila, with climate change high on the agenda ahead of UN talks in Copenhagen in December. [News Source]

Salazar decision ruffles political feathers. When U.S. Rep. John Salazar voted against the American Clean Energy Security Act that recently, and narrowly, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, he surprised some of his constituents, including fellow Democrats and environmental activists. [News Source]

Rep. Walt Minnick’s climate change vote may cost him. Voting with the GOP might seem like an easy political choice for the Idaho Democrat. But could it be a problem when he needs clout to help the state? [News Source]

Carbon dioxide debate lingers. Las Brisas Energy Center officials are watching the national debate on carbon dioxide emissions closely and say proposed legislation would not deter their project. [News Source]

Westar south customers may pay for north’s CO2 emissions. In Kansas, it's like an electric civil war. [News Source]

Tony Blair: ‘I’m a planet-saving kinda guy’. The world emits the equivalent of 53 billion tons of CO2 a year — and rising fast. That needs to fall to 20 billion tons by 2050 if we are to stand any chance of keeping the global temperature rise below 2C. [News Source]

A Nobel gathering. An annual conference has been bringing together Nobel Laureates and young scientists since 1951. This year, the conference convenes chemistry laureates, and there are two laureate panels: one deliberating the role chemistry can play in renewable energy, and another discussing global warming. [News Source]

California rules. We knew it was coming, but the event is still worth celebrating as further evidence of the strides this country has taken, since the Bush administration left town, to confront the problems of oil dependency and global warming. [News Source]

How the potato got hot. The new and unfamiliar wonder crop is lauded by scientists and politicians as having the potential to end famine and feed the poor. But the public is skeptical, regarding it as unnatural and dangerous. The reaction to genetically modified crops today? In fact, it's what happened when potatoes were introduced into Europe in the 1500s and 1600s. [News Source]