EPA to declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant. Carbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant - a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said today. [News Source]

A chilling view of a warming world. The wall of ice that rises behind Sermilik fjord is melting far faster than the climate models predicted. If the Greenland ice sheet disappeared sea levels around the world would rise by seven metres, as 10% of the world's fresh water is currently frozen here. [News Source]

Europe’s ban on old-style light bulbs begins. Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs begin going into effect across most of Europe on Tuesday in the continent’s latest effort to get people to save energy and combat global warming. But even advocates concede the change is proving problematic. [News Source]

Four years later, New Orleans’ green makeover. After Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans four years ago, the city emerged as an inadvertent symbol of global warming, the first American victim of climate change. But in the years since, the Crescent City has quietly embraced a new and unexpected role as a laboratory for green building. [News Source]

Brussels wants wider measure of well-being than mere GDP. The EU Commission plans to develop wider indicators for Europe's progress, including quality-of-life and environmental factors, deeming the traditional focus on GDP to be outdated. It will include indicators on such things as climate change and energy use, biodiversity, air and water pollution. [News Source]

Our best guess about global warming may be wrong. Scientists wonder whether rising CO2 may trigger something else that further warms the climate. [News Source]

Calculating products’ pollution. Until a few years ago, Nuno da Silva's arcane occupation -- professional pollution calculator -- was of little utility to the corporate world. But in these days of global-warming worries, companies suddenly can't get enough of his services. [News Source]

EPA drafts fuel economy rules. The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted its version of fuel economy rules setting a 35.5-m.p.g. standard for vehicles by 2016, the first move by the Obama administration to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday. [News Source]

Will climate change well run dry? The raucous debate over health care could thwart the Senate’s enactment of sweeping energy and climate legislation this year, say Democratic aides, energy lobbyists and environmentalists. [News Source]

How sunlight controls climate. Small changes in the sun's brightness can have big impacts on our planet's weather and climate. And now scientists have detailed how that process might work, according to a new study published August 28 in Science. [News Source]

Top science body calls for geoengineering ‘plan B.’ Take note: the back-up plan for saving the world is no joke. A major scientific institution has published a comprehensive review of possible ways to engineer the climate to reverse global warming. [News Source]