State and local governments move against climate change (American Petroleum Institute) While federal lawmakers have yet to pass legislation to fight global warming, many state and city governments across the coun - More -  [News Source]

Deadly animal diseases poised to infect humans. The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. [News Source]

Environmental refugees unable to return home. Natural calamities have plagued humanity for generations. But with the prospect of worsening climate conditions over the next few decades, experts on migration say tens of millions more people in the developing world could be on the move because of disasters. [News Source]

Fault lines remain after climate talks. The reactions from a cross section of politicians, industry representatives, authors, environment advocates and others suggest that, if nothing else, the fault lines that preceded the recently concluded climate talks in Copenhagen are still very much in place. [News Source]

EPA regional chief’s ‘activist’ stance gets mixed reaction. After nearly a decade of feeling unheard by federal regulators, Texas environmental activists say they now have one of their own as the top environmental official in the nation's oil, gas and chemical capital. [News Source]

Small-scale solar plan clashes with big energy. When it comes to renewable power, Californians tend to think big. Big wind farms, big solar power plants and big new power lines. This is exactly the wrong approach, some insist. [News Source]

Sun, wind and wave-powered: Europe unites to build renewable energy ’supergrid.’ Europe's first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power will become a political reality this month, as nine countries formally draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the North Sea. [News Source]

Year of the grouse? Federal wildlife officials are expected to decide this year whether to protect the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act, a listing that would likely have a chilling effect on Wyoming's agriculture and energy industries -- oil, natural gas, coal, and wind. [News Source]

Deadly animal diseases poised to infect humans. The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. [News Source]

Environmental refugees unable to return home. Natural calamities have plagued humanity for generations. But with the prospect of worsening climate conditions over the next few decades, experts on migration say tens of millions more people in the developing world could be on the move because of disasters. [News Source]

Fault lines remain after climate talks. The reactions from a cross section of politicians, industry representatives, authors, environment advocates and others suggest that, if nothing else, the fault lines that preceded the recently concluded climate talks in Copenhagen are still very much in place. [News Source]