Farming groups reluctant to embrace GE. Farming bodies appear reluctant to embrace genetic modification technology (GM) just yet, but groups as diverse as Meat and Wool NZ and the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development see a place for the technology in dealing with greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

First comes global warming, then an evolutionary explosion. Global warming is projected to drastically raise the average global temperature, as well as producing many other changes to the world’s climate. And in response, Arthur Weis and other researchers contend, life will undergo an evolutionary explosion. [News Source]

California told it must adapt to changing climate. Even if the world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report recommends. [News Source]

Rising carbon dioxide levels lead to higher concentrations of opiates in poppies. The current crop of poppies is twice as potent as those grown at carbon dioxide levels seen in 1950. If projections hold, the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide will increase morphine levels three-fold by 2050 and by 4.5 times by 2090. [News Source]

Emissions will rise under Olympic Dam plan: greens. BHP-Billiton's plan to dig the biggest open-cut uranium and copper mine in the world is under attack from environmental groups who claim it will send greenhouse gas emissions soaring. [News Source]

Earth could heat up more than expected due to natural factors. A warmer sun, combined with other natural factors, could increase global temperatures over the next five years by more than scientists previously predicted, according to new research. [News Source]

Climate change protesters glue themselves together. A group of climate change activists were arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department in support of workers staging an occupation at a wind turbine factory. [News Source]

Sydney Opera House under threat from climate change. Climate change threatens World Heritage sites in Australia including the Sydney Opera House and Great Barrier Reef, a report said today as lawmakers prepare to vote on a government plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

$7.7m regional scheme to phase-out energy guzzling bulbs, appliances. Fresh efforts have been launched to improve energy efficiency at both residential and public sector levels, by introducing more energy-efficient end-use equipment and introducing more appropriate policies and measures. [News Source]

Offshore windmills hold clean-energy promise. Someday decades from now, California's sprawling coastal cities could draw their power from floating windmills that bob on the sea like buoys, far from shore. [News Source]

India hopes to meet its energy gap by tapping the power of the sun. Environmentalists have welcomed India's plans to dramatically increase solar energy networks to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]