The search for green power on and off of the grid. Hundreds of utilities around the country — and a growing number of companies — are offering customers a chance to buy green power. Second in a series. [News Source]

UN climate change deal needs more sacrifices by West, John Prescott warns. Vital UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are likely to collapse unless rich nations agree on a "social justice deal" built around equalising emissions per head in each country. [News Source]

Britain’s got protester talent: online poll to choose eco target. Last summer it was Kingsnorth coal plant. The year before, it was Heathrow. This year, the public will decide what the target of environmental protest should be, by voting in what organisers of Climate Camp call Britain's Got Direct Action. [News Source]

Long road to Copenhagen for South Africa. A Cabinet adviser on climate change told a conference yesterday that South Africa was three years away from being able to put a detailed plan on the table for reducing carbon emissions, despite the closeness of the Copenhagen climate change talks in December . [News Source]

Avoiding Europe’s carbon trading missteps. Early carbon trading efforts flopped because regulators created too many credits and gave them away for free. Washington wants to do better. [News Source]

‘Clunkers’ environmental payoff could take years. For every clunker scrapped, a new vehicle must take its place. And that ride has a sizable carbon footprint before it even leaves the showroom. Plus, scrapping things that work runs counter to the environmental mantra, "reduce, reuse and recycle." [News Source]

Some California amphibians may need a lift to survive climate change. Three California amphibian species could be pushed to the cusp of extinction because the warming climate will effectively block their migration to more suitable habitats. Interventions by humans who physically relocate the animals may be the only way to help them survive. [News Source]

Glaciers a canary in the coal mine of global warming. U.S. scientists monitoring shrinking glaciers in Washington State and Alaska reported this week that a major meltdown is under way. [News Source]

Mountain critter a candidate for Endangered List. The American pika could become the first animal in the continental U.S. listed under the Endangered Species Act because of climate change. [News Source]

Three ‘benchmark glaciers’ rapidly retreating. Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, a finding that government scientists say hastens global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking water. [News Source]

Haze forces Riau airport closure. In both provinces, fires were spreading fast in forests and plantations and swampy areas, exporting haze to neighboring countries. Local authorities have complained at the difficulty of extinguishing the fires, claiming climatic elements and a lack of public awareness have compounded the annual problem. [News Source]