Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte: Addressing Global Warming: Can We Adapt? Should We Try? (The Huffington Post) How to confront future rising sea levels, droughts, intense heat waves, and other catastrophes stemming from continued global warming? We can try to mitigate, we can simply suffer, and we can try to adapt. [News Source]

UN: Poor nations fear broken promises on climate change (Irish Examiner) DEVELOPING countries don’t trust wealthy nations’ promises that they will help them meet the challenges of climate change, the UN’s top climate official said yesterday, adding that means any new global warming deal must have legal force. [News Source]

GOP senators balk on votes on climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) Republican senators on Monday demanded additional studies on the cost and job impact of a climate bill before it is voted on by a key committee, exposing the sharp partisan divide in Congress over legislation aimed at addressing global warming. [News Source]

US to fight climate change (Straits Times) BARCELONA - THE United States came under increased pressure on Monday to come up with a plan for fighting climate change and to offer an internationally acceptable policy for curbing pollution hastening global warming. As the five-day UN climate talks reconvened, countries stepped up calls on Washington for specific commitments on reducing carbon emissions and contributing to a global climate ... [News Source]

Cabinet plans Everest meet to highlight global warming (Gulf Times) Nepal’s cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest this month to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month’s UN negotiations on climate change, a minister said yesterday. [News Source]

Religion gets behind fight against climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will harness the power of religion in the fight against climate change. [News Source]

EU seeks clear US position on climate change (San Francisco Chronicle) (11-02) 06:38 PST STOCKHOLM, (AP) -- European Union leaders want President Barack Obama to clarify the U.S. position on climate change as they meet in Washington this week. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt says the EU is looking for "... European Union - United States - Barack Obama - Climate change - US [News Source]

U.S.: Public More Complacent About Climate Change (AlertNet) Less than two months before a key international conference on curbing climate change, a major U.S. poll has found a sharp drop in public concern about global warming... [News Source]

CLIMATE CHANGE: Grassroots Campaign Calls for Bold Steps (AlertNet) Through nearly 5,000 different actions planned in 170 countries for Saturday, climate change activists will try to raise public awareness on the need for a new global climate treaty which would set an upper limit for atmospheric carbon dioxide that would effectively prevent environmental catastrophes. [News Source]

CLIMATE CHANGE: Budgeting Environmental Justice (AlertNet) There is a consensus that industrialised nations are mainly responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. It should be equally clear that such responsibility should have political consequences. But it isn't. [News Source]

EU seeks clear US position on climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) European Union leaders want President Barack Obama to clarify the U.S. position on climate change as they meet in Washington this week. [News Source]