Post-human Earth: How the planet will recover from us. Whether our species would survive an ecological collapse is hard to predict, but what of the fate of the Earth itself? [News Source]

EPA moves to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities. [News Source]

Mau: Downstream disaster. The droughts here have grown progressively worse in western Kenya, and the impact of global warming has been amplified by the destruction of the Mau - Kenya's largest water catchment. There is a real fear that human suffering could precipitate a civil conflict. [News Source]

Australia’s dust bowl and global warming. How do scientists know when nature’s disasters are caused by global warming — a fire, a flood and, in Australia last week, dust storms? [News Source]

EPA moves to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities. [News Source]

Mau: Downstream disaster. The droughts here have grown progressively worse in western Kenya, and the impact of global warming has been amplified by the destruction of the Mau - Kenya's largest water catchment. There is a real fear that human suffering could precipitate a civil conflict. [News Source]

Post-human Earth: How the planet will recover from us. Whether our species would survive an ecological collapse is hard to predict, but what of the fate of the Earth itself? [News Source]

For some, US remains villain at UN climate talks. After being applauded for re-engaging in negotiations this year, the American delegation at talks in Bangkok this week has found itself at times portrayed much as its Bush administration predecessors were. [News Source]

Southeast Asia gains climate clout after typhoon. A deadly typhoon that scythed through Southeast Asia has underscored the area's vulnerability to climate change -- but it may have also finally given regional nations a voice at crucial environment talks. [News Source]

CA timber firm to market its forests as weapon against global warming. Sierra Pacific Industries' announcement comes less than a week after the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed through new rules that allow the firm to sell its trees' ability to absorb harmful carbon dioxide from the air. [News Source]

Some tribes at odds over coal plants. The president of the Navajo Nation joined other Native American leaders this week in assailing environmentalists who have sought to block or shut down coal-fired power plants that provide vital jobs and revenue to tribes in northern Arizona. [News Source]