Forest fires vs. forest carbon. Should forests be thinned to reduce fires, or should they be tended to store the maximum amount of carbon in their trees to prevent global warming? It is not a simple question, as researchers at Oregon State University explain in a new study. [News Source]

The big four of accounting will be among the big winners if U.S. adopts climate law. The climate and carbon business could one day rival tax compliance and financial disclosure in size and scope. [News Source]

Obama faces discord in debut as global climate-change leader. President Barack Obama’s pledge that the U.S. will lead the way in forging a global climate-change agreement may be stymied by discord five months before the deadline for a new pact. [News Source]

Al Gore invokes spirit of Churchill in battle against climate change. Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill today by encouraging political leaders to follow the example of Britain’s wartime leader and unite their nations to fight climate change. [News Source]

Grassley: U.S. should wait for international treaty to address climate change. Fighting climate change should be done by international agreements and not with legislation currently being weighed in the U.S. Senate, Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley told reporters Tuesday. [News Source]

Georgia appeals court reverses coal plant ruling. The three-judge panel said requiring the state to regulate the greenhouse gas would "engulf a wide range of potential carbon dioxide emitters in Georgia - and Georgia alone - in a flood of litigation over permits, and impose far-reaching economic hardship on the state." [News Source]

A dollar a day could keep climate change away. The average American family would pay at most $1 a day more to fight climate change, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate committee on Tuesday. [News Source]

Cabinet members push climate bill on the Hill. Administration officials launched a new effort to sell landmark climate change legislation, telling a Senate committee that the goal was not limited to simply curbing greenhouse gases but also to creating a boom in alternative energy jobs. [News Source]

Obama makes nuclear compromise to pass clean energy bill. The Obama administration endorsed a revival of America's nuclear industry yesterday in an effort to build forward momentum for climate change legislation before the Senate. [News Source]

Governor may veto energy-related bills. Gov. Ted Kulongoski may veto bills he worries could slow Oregon's efforts to boost the green economy and reduce global warming. One of the measures would trim a program that subsidizes green energy projects by reducing tax credits for large wind farms. [News Source]

Climate models get biological makeover. For the first time, researchers at the premier climate-modeling institute in the United States are explicitly incorporating the complexities of marine life into their computer simulations. Their approach is already promising the most accurate climate simulations ever. [News Source]