Science advisers mull priorities. An elite group of 21 US researchers met publicly for the first time as the new advisory panel to President Obama on scientific and technical matters, but it will take time to know how effective the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will be. [News Source]

Farmers in arid areas reap from new climate-tolerant legume. With food price increases threatening vulnerable communities with starvation, scientists are striving to develop crops that can withstand the anticipated climate changes. Some farmers in Mbeere District are already benefiting from such initiatives. [News Source]

Efficiency can help Northwest meet 85% of new electricity demand. By all indications at the state and federal levels, energy efficiency's day has arrived. [News Source]

US CO2 emissions from fuels to fall 5 percent in 2009. US emissions of the main greenhouse gas from tailpipes and smokestacks should fall a record 5 percent in 2009 as the recession crimps demand for fuels, but they should begin to edge up next year, the government's energy forecaster said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Lawmakers get look at energy project. With the national debate on global warming and cap-and-trade lingering in Congress, West Virginia lawmakers hope the state's first carbon dioxide sequestration plant serves as the catalyst for clean coal technology. [News Source]

Energy bill requires doubling nuke use. To satisfy House Democrats' low-cost solution to global warming, Americans would have to double their reliance on nuclear energy by 2030 - a target the nuclear industry says is unlikely and that many environmentalists and Democrats dislike. [News Source]

Hoosier senators feeling heat, may be hard sell on climate bill. Indiana's two U.S. senators are considered critical fence sitters on major climate legislation moving through Congress. Both have not ruled out eventually voting for a bill, but each voiced the need for changes in global warming legislation before the Senate. [News Source]

Crist averts GOP heat, tables climate summit. Gov. Charlie Crist's plans for a third high-profile climate summit have been indefinitely postponed as the Republican weighs the event's expensive political price tag. [News Source]

New Zealand defends climate change targets. The New Zealand government Tuesday denied it had failed to accept its country's share of the burden for tackling climate change after announcing greenhouse gas emission targets. [News Source]

Don’t repeat our mistakes as you develop. Though India and China have every right to choose their own path of development, they should not follow the American model in their endeavour to improve the condition of their citizens, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. [News Source]

Local olives: what we’ll be eating in 2030. Our weather is forecast to get warmer and wetter this century, enabling us to grow more of what we produce already, such as wheat, and some of the things we currently import. [News Source]