A rebuttal to Andy Ho’s article on climate change (The Temasek Review) Andy Ho relies on selective analysis, dubious science and false assertions in urging Singapore to resist action on climate change ("Reasons for S’pore to be cool on global warming," ST Oct 30). In doing so, Mr. Ho single-handedly casts a pall over his own credibility as a science writer, compromises the ... [News Source]

Global warming: The nine most affected areas (The New Zealand Herald) Bangladesh People living in the flood-prone delta nation are feeling the full force of climate change. Frequent flooding wipes out crops, spreads disease and destroys homes. … [News Source]

Global warming: The nine most affected areas (The New Zealand Herald) Bangladesh People living in the flood-prone delta nation are feeling the full force of climate change. Frequent flooding wipes out crops, spreads disease and destroys homes. Sudan Rising temperatures are causing the Sahara... [News Source]

Global warming could worsen storm, flood losses: Study (Business Insurance) Insured losses from windstorms and floods in Britain and typhoons in China could rise significantly if global warming predictions turn out to be correct, according to a study released last week by the Assn. of British Insurers. [News Source]

Vanishing glaciers jolt smokestack China. The speed and scale of change on the Tibetan plateau have made Chinese leaders react to something they understand — a potential threat to the future of China itself. [News Source]

Britain’s nuclear strategy threatens destruction of Kalahari. The hidden cost of Britain's new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year, the Observer has discovered. [News Source]

God’s green Earth. Faith initiatives might have a greater impact on climate change and global stewardship than scientific or political efforts. [News Source]

3 million acres taken out of conservation program. Surveying undulating grasslands that disappear into the western Kansas horizon, retired farmer Joe Govert pointed out parcel after parcel no longer enrolled in a federal program that pays property owners not to farm environmentally sensitive land. [News Source]

Further pollution controls sought from Xcel’s new coal-fired plant. Even as the finishing touches are put on a 750-megawatt coal-fired unit outside Pueblo, CO, it is the subject of a federal lawsuit over its air-emissions permit. [News Source]

Climate change bill is in trouble. If you think the partisan divide over healthcare reform is ugly, take a look at the animus in the Senate as debate continues on a key climate change bill. So wide is the gulf that long-held Senate traditions on decorum are breaking down. And as Washington fiddles, the Earth burns. [News Source]

Efforts to stem global warming moving at a glacial pace. Political and diplomatic advances on global climate change are proceeding at a snail’s pace. Or to use a better metaphor, like the drip-drip-drip of glaciers melting in the heat of a warming planet. Which is to say, slowly – very slowly. [News Source]