U.S. climate change plan is idea rich, cash poor. With or without a new treaty this month, the effort to curb climate change has accelerated since the 1997 Kyoto conference. Numerous efforts are under way in the United States aimed at changing how we consume energy — and slow climate change. [News Source]

Can burying carbon emissions work? Nestled in the heart of American coal country, on the banks of the Ohio River, an expensive, high-stakes experiment is underway --- one that could fundamentally alter the way the world manages carbon emissions. [News Source]

Markets need progress in Copenhagen, says Norway’s SWF. Financial markets need global climate talks getting underway in Copenhagen to iron out a plan to price emissions more effectively and seal the switch to a low carbon economy, Europe's biggest investor told Reuters on Monday. [News Source]

Diamond hub sparkles in India’s climate fight. Surat, the diamond capital of India, has been hit by massive floods, rising sea levels, and even the plague. Just next to India's west coast, Surat is learning to live with big upheavals and now wants to become a front-runner in preparing for the impacts of climate change. [News Source]

Americans’ belief in global warming sinks as Republicans shift. A rise in skepticism among Americans over global warming is mostly due to changes among Republicans, according to a new national poll. [News Source]

E-mail controversy shifts debate from economy to climate science – but for how long? "It allows guys like me access to the science debate again," said Michael McKenna, a Republican lobbyist who works on energy issues. "For a very long chunk of time, the science debate was thought to be toxic." [News Source]

EU raises stakes on emissions reductions. The European Union withdrew an offer to increase its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target on Monday because it said similar offers made by many nations in the past month were inadequate to prevent significant climate change. [News Source]

Unlimited emissions will warm planet 4 degrees: U.K. Uncontrolled greenhouse gas emissions could lead to global warming of 4 degrees centigrade or more by the end of the century, Britain's Meteorological Office said on Monday. [News Source]

Global warming is not slowing, report says. The decade of the 2000s is very likely the warmest decade in the modern record, dating back 150 years, according to a provisional summary of climate conditions near the end of 2009. [News Source]

Africa bears brunt of climate change. The famous ice fields on Mounts Kenya and Kilimanjaro are shrinking fast and could disappear altogether in the next two or three decades, if urgent action is not taken to combat global warming, experts warn. [News Source]

Temperature records released to debunk climate change claims. The Met Office today released temperature records from more than 1,500 climate monitoring stations around the world in the latest efforts to debunk claims by sceptics that global warming data was manipulated by scientists. [News Source]