Shaughnessy: It’s time to stop freaking out about global warming (Stillwater Gazette) Please, stop the incessant prattle about the supposed climate change crisis! Here's a news flash, people - to our great relief, the threat of global warming was just that, an unfounded threat. [News Source]

Maldives Asks Most Vulnerable Countries to Take Lead In Reducing Global Warming (Voice of America) The Maldivian President is asking nations most vulnerable to climate change to take the lead in reducing global warming.The leader of a country threatened by rising sea levels slammed rich countries at a two-day conference for doing too little to prevent climate change. [News Source]

Climate-change events populate LI this weekend (Newsday) With concerns about climate change, Long Islanders have organized islandwide events this weekend. [News Source]

There is no debate regarding climate change (Stillwater Gazette) In response to Lu Shaughnessy's misinformed commentary, I welcome the opportunity to put global warming in perspective with a few facts. [News Source]

As nations haggle over CO2 cuts, measurement is tough. Accurate measurements are at the heart of a tougher new global climate pact possibly just weeks away. The problem, though, is that it is not yet possible to independently monitor a country's greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels or deforestation. [News Source]

The new dust bowl. Waterwise, 20th century California was an anomaly, a relatively wet period in the midst of a historical cycle of severe drought. The changing climate will only magnify the problem: Central California could experience temperatures rivaling Death Valley's and face the loss of 90 percent of the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the region's main water source. [News Source]

Balancing energy needs and material hazards. Companies that make ultrathin solar panels using a toxic compound are watching nervously as the European Union considers expanding a ban on such materials in electrical components. [News Source]

State’s recycled paper trail not so green for climate. California has a worldwide reputation as a leader in global warming, more so than any other state. But an ongoing Bee investigation has found some of the state's choices - from recycled paper to ink cartridges to employee travel - raise questions about the effectiveness of its efforts. [News Source]

Environmentalists criticize Eni’s African oil sands project. Criticism is mounting against Italian energy giant Eni SpA's plans to squeeze oil from the tar sands of the Republic of Congo, which campaigners claim could endanger one of the world's largest tropical rain forests. [News Source]

The pursuit of new ways to boost solar development. The solar power boom in Germany, Spain, and other places has been fueled by government subsidies. But now some U.S. states — led, perhaps surprisingly, by New Jersey — are pioneering a different approach: issuing tradable credits that can be sold on the open market. [News Source]

Gauging the temperature: Degrees of uncertainty. While the issue of a few degrees might seem less than monumental in these troubled times, in the age of global warming, the climate community frets mightily over it. [News Source]