Nuclear-power debate reignites in Germany. As Germany gears up for federal elections in September, a generational shift in attitude could mean that opposition to nuclear power in Europe's most vehemently anti-nuclear country isn't the vote winner it once was. [News Source]

Climate plan’s backers have tougher audience in Senate. Senate supporters of a bill that for the first time would put limits on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have launched an intense effort to sound out their colleagues' views in hopes of winning their support. It's by no means clear that they will succeed, however. [News Source]

Cool-planet goal shared by large polluters, insurers. Insurers in the U.S., Germany and Switzerland say a pledge announced yesterday at a meeting of the world’s biggest polluting nations to limit global temperatures is essential to controlling the cost of protecting property. [News Source]

A lake of oil to bring our bottled water. The energy and petroleum used to make and deliver the millions of disposable plastic water bottles British Columbia residents drink and toss each year is equivalent to 64,000 barrels of oil – enough to drive a fleet of more than 12,000 SUVs across Canada from coast to coast. [News Source]

Climate change may displace millions in Mekong Delta: report. Climate change impacts will force the displacement and migration of large populations in Vietnam, particularly the Mekong Delta, international experts reckon. [News Source]

Mired in the mud on the road to Copenhagen. The Obama administration's debut at the World Economic Summit ends with little progress made toward a global climate change treaty expected by December in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Disillusioned environmentalists turn on Obama as compromiser. For environmental activists like Jessica Miller, 31, the passage of a major climate bill by the House last month should have been cause for euphoria. Instead she felt cheated. [News Source]

Greening the Internet: How much CO2 does this article produce? Twenty milligrams; that's the average amount of carbon emissions generated from the time it took you to read the first two words of this article. [News Source]

Green fuel bill shock. Millions of families face being hit with higher fuel bills to pay for a new 'green energy revolution' due to be unveiled by Labour next week. [News Source]

Wind projects at a standstill. The Obama administration has made offshore wind energy a priority and an important part of its plans to create jobs and combat climate change. But even such favorable political breezes have not been strong enough to propel the nation's first projects. [News Source]

Small islands want deeper emissions cuts. Greenhouse gas-cutting targets set by 16 leading nations in Italy this week will not protect island states from climate change, the chair of an alliance of small island nations said Friday. [News Source]