Where’s the skepticism? Bjorn Lomborg deserves his reputation as "The Skeptical Environmentalist." But I find he’s not skeptical enough. He has yet to apply skeptical thinking to the very premise that manmade climate change even belongs on his list of global challenges. [News Source]

EPA to reject Texas air permit process. The air-pollution permitting process in the nation's largest greenhouse-gas producing state does not adhere to the Clean Air Act and portions of it should be thrown out, federal regulators said Tuesday in an announcement applauded by Texas environmentalists. [News Source]

Developing world’s energy needs set stage for fight. Developing nations' urgent need for more energy has become a central issue this year as developed countries push for a global reduction in carbon emissions at a climate change conference scheduled for December in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Coalition launches campaign to pass climate bill. A coalition of environmental, labor, veterans and religious groups formally launched a national lobbying campaign Tuesday aimed at mobilizing grass-roots support for passage of a Senate climate bill this fall. [News Source]

Split on the atom. If the world is to meet its demand for energy and address the threat of climate change, plenty of countries will have to acquire civil nuclear technology for the first time. [News Source]

Madrid reverses the chargers with electric car plan. The rise of the mobile phone has left Madrid littered with increasingly redundant telephone booths. But these underused installations are now set to play a key role in Spain's electric car revolution under government plans to make them part of a network of electric charging stations for vehicles. [News Source]

Air travel may have to be rationed. The era of cheap air travel cannot continue, according to Government advisers, who have called for a global cap on aviation emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change. [News Source]

Solar Mecca. San Luis Obispo County residents opposing three large solar plants proposed for the Carrizo Plain argue the state's flawed renewable energy plan focuses too much on archaic, utility-based facilities and should instead emphasize conservation and distributed energy. Fourth in a series. [News Source]

Climate change called security risk. America’s national security is at risk unless Congress and the Obama administration end partisan wrangling and agree on legislation to reduce U.S. contributions to climate change, a bipartisan group of former presidential advisers, Cabinet members, senators and military leaders said Tuesday. [News Source]

Manure, HD TVs among greenhouse gas sources to watch. In the fight against global warming, most innovations have been targeting the greenhouse gas "supervillain" carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, several "henchmen" gases—some even more potent than CO2—have also been building up in Earth's atmosphere. [News Source]

The easiest way to fight global warming? Discussions of climate change often make it sound as if carbon dioxide is the only villain. But climatologists have identified another, less notorious form of carbon that may be nearly as dangerous: soot. [News Source]