Arctic Ocean set to be polluted soup by 2070. Within 60 years the Arctic Ocean could be a stagnant, polluted soup. Without drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the Transpolar Drift, one of the Arctic's most powerful currents and a key disperser of pollutants, is likely to disappear because of global warming. [News Source]

Psychological barriers hobble climate action. Psychological barriers like uncertainty, mistrust and denial keep most Americans from acting to fight climate change, a task force of the American Psychological Association said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Revival or dam-nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Northwest. [News Source]

A sustainability-driven country. When Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was asked in a recent interview how a small country like Denmark could stand out globally he provided three words. “Creative, green and life quality”. [News Source]

Zoning change eyed after North Dakota coal projects blocked. Officials in southwestern North Dakota say they will consider changing a zoning rule that could block development of a coal mine, a coal drying plant and a synthetic gas factory. [News Source]

People power. Most of us have by now admitted our culpability in planetary warming, yet humans are still faced with the intractable problem of how to stop meddling with the climate. Science and innovation alone can't get us out of our present fix. [News Source]

Is the climate problem in our heads? A task force assembled by the American Psychological Association hopes to spur more research on the role of the human mind in shaping behaviors causing rising greenhouse-gas emissions--as well as traits impeding an effective response to global warming. [News Source]

Opposing views draw scientists’ scorn. Australian geologist Ian Plimer disputes humans' role in causing global warming and is equally dismissive of our ability to reverse the trend. [News Source]

Arctic Ocean set to be polluted soup by 2070. Within 60 years the Arctic Ocean could be a stagnant, polluted soup. Without drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the Transpolar Drift, one of the Arctic's most powerful currents and a key disperser of pollutants, is likely to disappear because of global warming. [News Source]

The wisdom of crowds. Climate change is a social problem, but sociologists have been slow to tackle it. Until now. [News Source]

Revival or dam-nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Northwest. [News Source]