Global warming: BYU scientists scold lawmakers over climate change issues (The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of earth scientists from conservative Brigham Young University has sent a stinging rebuke to state lawmakers on their recent handling of climate-change science. [News Source]

Couple’s book tackles evangelicals’ questions on climate change (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON — As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio. [News Source]

Who says saving the planet has to cost a fortune? Among the nagging issues in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit are demands that the US and Europe provide massive aid, so poorer countries can buy expensive emissions-free technologies. But many of the patents for low-carbon technologies are already in the public domain. [News Source]

Climate insurance is in the cross hairs in negotiations for Copenhagen. The United States is being accused of trying to "kill" a prominent global warming provision that would create a massive insurance program for countries that face rising destruction from natural disasters. It would cost the U.S. and other developed nations billions every year. [News Source]

‘You will not be forgotten,’ Obama tells tribal leaders. President Obama told hundreds of tribal leaders at an Interior Department summit today that he knows what it means to feel ignored and forgotten, pledging to work with them on issues including energy development and climate change. [News Source]

It isn’t godly being green. A British judge has decided that belief in human influence on climate has the status of religious conviction. This is being celebrated as a success by some activists. As a scientist who works on climate change, I find it deeply alarming. [News Source]

Development and climate change. No country is immune to climate change, but the developing world will bear the brunt of the effects, including some 75 to 80 percent of the costs of anticipated damages. [News Source]

Who says saving the planet has to cost a fortune? Among the nagging issues in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit are demands that the US and Europe provide massive aid, so poorer countries can buy expensive emissions-free technologies. But many of the patents for low-carbon technologies are already in the public domain. [News Source]

Carbon trading isn’t the answer. Our governments are creating a huge, highly complex, artificial market which will be far more difficult to regulate than simple products like mortgages. The rapidly expanding market creates opportunities for banks, investors and others to make huge profits. [News Source]

Copenhagen climate deal can benefit business and promote development. As we approach the global climate talks in Copenhagen this December, much debate has focused on the supposed conflicting interests of big business and the climate. [News Source]

Kenya needs sustainable biofuel projects. In Kenya, a lot of interest has been aroused on bio-diesel projects with the introduction of Jatropha in the rural areas. [News Source]