How can San Francisco save itself from drowning? Six pie-in-the-sky ideas. Given that sea levels are expected to rise by at least 55 inches in the coming century, San Francisco residents sought solutions for saving the city. The winning designs were announced at the Rising Tides Competition. [News Source]

Judges consider Essar steel plant’s impact on the environment. Environmental groups want the state Appeals Court judges to order the Minnesota DNR to take a closer look at how Essar Steel Minnesota’s planned $1.65 billion direct taconite-to-steel plant would affect global warming. [News Source]

U.S. lawmakers debate climate bills’ economic impact. U.S. lawmakers on Thursday clashed over what impact climate change legislation would have on U.S. employment and American consumers. [News Source]

Pond scum finally gets some respect - as oil resource. There were chuckles a few years ago when University of Minnesota researcher Roger Ruan set up a tiny still in his biofuels lab to experiment with oily strains of algae. Pond scum is no longer a joke. [News Source]

Wheatbelt deal to lock up carbon in trees. Millions of native mallee eucalypts trees are set to be planted across the Wheatbelt in Australia's biggest deal to tackle climate change by locking up carbon in plants. [News Source]

U.S., China cooperating on climate change. President Obama sent two of his cabinet secretaries to China this week to deal with the question of global warming. Both of them are of Chinese descent. That sent a ripple of interest through China's officialdom. [News Source]

Global warming is a reality: Queens College prof. We can’t deny climate change is happening — the globe is warming — and we are responsible, said a Queens College geologist, who specializes in oceanographic and climatic evolution. [News Source]

In Montana, the retreat of glaciers. The small graphics on a single sign, deep inside this incredible natural treasure says just about all you need to know about the drastic effects of rapid and intense climate change on the park and what's inside it. [News Source]

An alarm from 2055: act now to save the earth. A much sterner and more alarming polemic than “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Age of Stupid,” directed by Franny Armstrong, will be taken by some as an emergency wake-up call to do everything possible to avert impending catastrophe. [News Source]

From 15 down to four: eco-towns get go-ahead. Four new eco-towns, designed to meet housing needs while using the highest green standards, were given the go-ahead by the Government today after a two-year selection process which has been mired in controversy and opposition. [News Source]

A modest proposal for global warming. Fighting global warming could be a modest money-maker for people who own a bit of forest. [News Source]