Cleaner buses in developing world may be key in climate fight. Emissions from vehicles in the booming cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America account for a rapidly growing component of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming. Rapid transit systems like Bogotá’s may hold a key to combating climate change. [News Source]

Despite Obama’s pledge, G-8 makes little headway on global warming. When the Group of 8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy wrapped up its deliberations on climate, President Obama found himself stymied by many of the same roadblocks that plagued previous efforts to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Project to ‘grow carbon sinks’. Ambitious plans to grow 24 million trees to soak up carbon dioxide and restore the rainforest have got underway in Ghana. The first million seedlings are being planted in a pilot scheme in an area that has been heavily logged in recent years. [News Source]

Despite Obama’s pledge, G-8 makes little headway on global warming. When the Group of 8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy wrapped up its deliberations on climate, President Obama found himself stymied by many of the same roadblocks that plagued previous efforts to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Utah coal plant scuttled, 100th in U.S. since 2002. The Intermountain Power Agency said on Thursday it will not continue efforts to seek an air permit for a third 900-megawatt coal-fired power unit at its plant in Utah. [News Source]

There’s a growing cultural gap between scientists and the public. Most people view scientists favorably, but the lack of scientific knowledge on controversial issues can impact policy decisions. [News Source]

Los Angeles’ ‘coal free’ vow scuttles Utah power-plant expansion. Plans for a new coal-fired power plant in central Utah were canceled after the city of Los Angeles - the plant's biggest power purchaser - signaled its intention to be "coal free" by 2020. [News Source]

G-8 climate talks divide rich and poor countries. The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the planet from global warming. [News Source]

Cleaner buses in developing world may be key in climate fight. Emissions from vehicles in the booming cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America account for a rapidly growing component of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming. Rapid transit systems like Bogotá’s may hold a key to combating climate change. [News Source]

Project to ‘grow carbon sinks’. Ambitious plans to grow 24 million trees to soak up carbon dioxide and restore the rainforest have got underway in Ghana. The first million seedlings are being planted in a pilot scheme in an area that has been heavily logged in recent years. [News Source]

There’s a growing cultural gap between scientists and the public. Most people view scientists favorably, but the lack of scientific knowledge on controversial issues can impact policy decisions. [News Source]