How green is my valley? Raised as I was amid the picturesque rolling hills of South Gippsland, an hour's drive south of Moe, "the valley" always seemed a lesser place: polluted, smelly, gloomy. [News Source]

Why Britain faces a bleak future of food shortages. Britain faces a 'perfect storm' of water shortage and lack of food, says the government's chief scientist, and climate change and crop and animal diseases will add to future woes. Science is now striving to find solutions [News Source]

Greenery on the march. Until recently, military planners assumed that fossil fuels would be plentiful and easily available. These days, though, America’s armed forces want to reform their gas-guzzling ways; green is no longer just the colour of army uniforms. [News Source]

Indonesian village’s environmental dilemma weighs on the world. The tiny Sumatran village of Teluk Meranti, in an area seen as ground zero for climate change, is being wooed from all sides. Loggers want its forests and activists want it to bar the door. Residents just want a better life. [News Source]

Senate climate road map caters to nuclear, offshore drilling proponents. Architects of Senate energy and climate legislation reiterated their support for nuclear power and offshore drilling yesterday in an effort to garner the support of moderate Democrats and Republicans. [News Source]

Climate change: Turning up the heat. For the African fishermen whose lake has dried up and the Cuban family whose home was flattened by a hurricane, global warming is a reality. Photographers Matthias Braschler and Monika Fischer put a human face on the biggest threat facing our planet. [News Source]

Under the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb.’ North of Canada’s capital, underneath an endless expanse of spruce, pine, and birch, ticks what some scientists are calling a carbon bomb: Peat. [News Source]

The science of climate negotiations. As negotiators in Copenhagen work to complete a global agreement, how much are they taking science into account? [News Source]

What’s rotten for Obama in Denmark. President Obama jets off to Copenhagen later this week to try to place an American stamp on a global climate change agreement. What he will not be carrying is the assent of Congress to whatever he commits the United States to do. [News Source]

Turning up the heat in Copenhagen. As big players keep arguing, small island states - like Tuvalu and Grenada - try to turn up the heat at Copenhagen for a genuine outcome. [News Source]

Carbon emissions soar. Australia's annual greenhouse gas emissions have soared by more than four-fifths since 1990 - far exceeding the 8 per cent permitted by the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]