Leaked E-mails Muddy Waters Ahead of Climate Change Conference (Fox News) President Obama faces no easy task in uniting dozens of bickering nations toward the goal of tackling climate change at an international conference in Copenhagen next week. But as if that weren't hard enough, a slew of leaked e-mails in the run-up to the conference has only fueled global warming skeptics who say the cause is bunk.  [News Source]

Thanksgiving dinner’s carbon footprint. As if you need another reason to feel guilty about chowing down on Thanksgiving Day, consider this: researchers at the University of Manchester in England figure that a turkey-n-trimmings feast for eight produces approximately 44 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps. Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday. [News Source]

Govt seeking ways to minimise carbon dioxide emissions. Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday revealed that this country was considering using the ’controversial’ technology of capturing and storing of carbon emissions, as a means of doing its part to reduce global warming. [News Source]

Business SA advocates nuclear industry for South Australia. South Australia should actively develop a nuclear energy industry and investigate the storage of nuclear waste in the Outback, says Business SA. [News Source]

Australia’s answer to global warming: Breed a burp-free sheep. Australian scientists now say the wrong end of the animal has been blamed for methane outpourings, and have devised their own cunning plan to stop global warming: Breed a sheep that doesn't burp. [News Source]

Sir Paul McCartney urges meat-free day to cut CO2. Cutting out meat consumption on one day a week can have a major impact on reducing CO2 emissions, Sir Paul McCartney has said. In an interview with Parliament Magazine he appealed for "people power" to make the difference in the fight against global warming. [News Source]

McCartney in meat-free Monday drive. Sir Paul, who takes his "Meat-free Monday" campaign to Brussels this week, uses an interview in Parliament Magazine to insist that halving UK household meat consumption would do more to reduce emissions than halving the use of private transport. [News Source]

Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes. Cultural mapping may facilitate indigenous efforts to win recognition and compensation under a proposed scheme to mitigate climate change through forest conservation. [News Source]

LED bulbs save substantial energy, a study finds. Does the latest generation of energy-saving light bulbs save energy? A comprehensive study conducted by Osram, the German lighting company, provides evidence that they do. [News Source]

Wildlife on the move as climate alters habitats. Wildlife from Europe could be calling Cambridgeshire home within a few years because of climate change. [News Source]