Climate crisis will be the challenge of new decade. What will the decade ahead hold for the environment? Mankind has yet to meet the stark challenges posed by global warming, which will not go away. [News Source]

Climate change and the providence of God. Creation under the providence of God is not subject to global warming, either as a relatively sudden phenomenon or as the result of climatic cycles. It is securely maintained by spiritual laws whose harmonious operation is not subject to change or disruption. [News Source]

Under the sea with Sigourney. Ocean acidification is undeniably caused by humans, and if we continue releasing so much CO2 into the environment the oceans will become corrosive to many organisms within the next 20-30 years, Sigourney Weaver narrates in Acid Test. [News Source]

Beijing’s crash program for clean energy. In 2006, Chinese leaders redoubled their commitment to new energy technology; they boosted funding for research and set targets for installing wind turbines, solar panels, hydroelectric dams, and other renewable sources of energy that were higher than goals in the United States. [News Source]

Climate change is inspiring the ultimate scary movies. Disaster film-makers struggling to compete with the realities of the post-9/11 world have, in global warming, found the perfect plot device. [News Source]

Concern as China clamps down on rare earth exports. Neodymium is one of 17 metals crucial to green technology. There’s only one snag – China produces 97% of the world’s supply. And they’re not selling. [News Source]

With help from Sweden, 4 Virginia families are ‘Climate Pilots’. The Climate Pilots program exemplifies the broader dynamics at play in the international climate debate: Europeans impatiently nudging the United States and other countries toward a less carbon-intensive lifestyle. [News Source]

France to propose new carbon tax. France's government wants to salvage a carbon tax, scrapped on constitutional concerns, by closing loopholes for some businesses, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. [News Source]

Is global warming making avian flu virus more lethal? That's the million-dollar question bothering scientists as they embark upon research to shed light on the characteristics of host-switching infectious agents. [News Source]

A ray of light. As Union environment minister was reiterating India's commitment to a low-carbon economy at Copenhagen, new and renewable energy minister Farookh Abdullah, was inaugurating a 2 MW, zero-carbon footprint solar power plant in Jamuria, Asansol. [News Source]

LED signals seen as potential hazard. LED bulbs use less energy, last longer and are more visible than their predecessors. But they do not emit nearly as much heat as conventional bulbs, allowing snow and ice to accumulate more easily in certain conditions. [News Source]