British launch ad campaign to raise fading climate concerns. The U.K. government has launched a guilt-laden advertising campaign after a series of opinion polls showed that the majority of the public has not bought into climate change despite years of political haranguing and millions of pounds spent on information and advertising. [News Source]

Insurers warn of the chill blast of climate change in new report. The cost of insurance will soar across Britain unless urgent measures are taken to halt the rise in global temperatures, industry experts will warn this week. One in six properties across the UK are at risk from flooding. [News Source]

Utilities’ power plan holds big savings. South Carolina's electricity cooperatives have an $800 million plan that could dramatically cut energy use in nearly a quarter million homes -- and cost almost no money. [News Source]

Japan accelerates purchase of surplus solar electricity at homes. The government launched Sunday a new program that enables power companies to purchase at higher rates surplus electricity produced by solar power generation systems installed in homes, schools and hospitals. [News Source]

Worst polluters in Scotland unmasked by environment agency. Scotland's worst climate polluters have been unmasked – with big-name energy companies Scottish Power, Ineos, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and E.ON all featuring among 10 companies that produce the most pollution. [News Source]

Eastern Shore marsh changes threaten birds, fish. In Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge tens of thousands of migrating waterfowl, one of the largest populations of breeding bald eagles and the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel are vulnerable rising sea levels that threaten coastal marshland. [News Source]

Cost impact for farmers clouded. The dreams by proponents are many for a state reliant on agriculture. They see wind turbines rising from wheat fields and farmers selling offsets for practices like no-till farming and new grass plantings. [News Source]

Kirkwood as alternative energy lab: Ski area joins fight against global warming. Although only a few hundred people live year-round in Kirkwood, the community is ready to spend up to $30 million to overhaul its aging, dirty and expensive power system and reduce its contributions to global warming. [News Source]

Power plant wants to keep it clean. A $200 million project is under way for FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Power Plant to kick the dirty coal habit by switching to greener wood pellets. [News Source]

W.Va. pilot project to pump CO2 waste underground begins. Inside white tents and a makeshift auditorium, West Virginia political leaders and industry officials celebrated the start of a pilot project they hope will allow that coal to be burned without spewing heat-trapping carbon dioxide out into the air. [News Source]

From tree to green, urban forest plan takes root. People are used to thinking about the city's "grey" infrastructure, such as sewers and roads, but the "green" infrastructure is also important and worth managing, said Edmonton's principal of forestry. [News Source]