Mexico aims to bring CO2 cut plan to climate talks. Mexico aims to put a detailed offer to cut the growth of its own greenhouse gas emissions on the negotiating table at global climate change talks in Copenhagen this year, a senior environmental policymaker said. [News Source]

‘Fragile compromise’ of power plant CEOs in doubt as senate climate debate nears. Headed into this fall's Senate debate, CEOs from some of country's biggest electric utility companies are fighting to keep their coalition together and pass the original global warming bill. [News Source]

Experts scale back hurricane forecast. The Atlantic hurricane season has gotten off to such a slow start that the nation's premier hurricane forecasting team revised their forecast, bringing the number of predicted hurricanes down to four. The main reason for the reduced forecast is that El Niño has come on pretty quickly. [News Source]

Cash for clunkers’ effect on pollution? A blip. "As a carbon dioxide policy, this is a terribly wasteful thing to do." [News Source]

Ticks’ expanding territory raises Lyme disease threat. Deer ticks are expanding their range in the upper Midwest, increasing the threat of Lyme disease. No one is sure why, but there is growing suspicion that subtle changes in the climate are tipping the ticks' complicated ecosystems toward expansion. [News Source]

Global warming will see ‘billions at war’. Billions of people will go to war as they are forced to leave areas made uninhabitable by global warming, climate change expert Lord Stern has warned. [News Source]

Adidas, Clarks, Nike and Timberland agree moratorium on illegal Amazon leather. Leading shoemakers have demanded suppliers stop sending them leather from illegal ranches in the Amazon, after Greenpeace published a report highlighting the problem. [News Source]

U.S. says African farming has role in green push. Africa can boost global efforts to curb emissions through the absorption of greenhouse gases by developing its farming sector, the U.S. secretary of agriculture said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Refrigerator recycling programs take off. Programs that allow homeowners to trade in their old refrigerators and scoop up a rebate--a sort of “cash for clunkers” system for the fridge--are spreading quickly across the country. [News Source]

Wong faces revolt over GreenPower plan. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has asked a state government agency and energy suppliers to stop telling customers that using GreenPower will ‘‘make a real difference’’ to the environment. [News Source]

Kenya reaps the wind. Every afternoon the gentle morning breeze that sweeps up from the Rift Valley grows into a strong wind and by nightfall it has become a blustering gale. Now, Kenya's government hopes to harness that power. Next month the country's first wind farm will open on the top of the Ngong Hills. [News Source]