BBC probes bias in its science coverage. The body which oversees the BBC is to launch a full-scale review into whether its coverage of science and the environment is biased. The BBC Trust acted after a string of complaints that the BBC is a cheerleader for the theory that climate change is man-made. [News Source]

Huckelberry will ask for maximum Asarco fine. Asarco's failure to keep tailings dust from blowing away at its Mission mine during two dust storms last year could cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said Wednesday. [News Source]

Methane release ‘looks stronger.’ Scientists have uncovered what appears to be a further dramatic increase in the leakage of methane gas that is seeping from the Arctic seabed. Methane is about 20 times more potent than CO2 in trapping solar heat. [News Source]

Half of money managers ignore climate risks, survey finds. Nearly half of global money managers are making investment decisions without factoring in risks or opportunities associated with climate change, according to a survey released on Wednesday by a coalition of environmentalists and investors. [News Source]

BBC probes bias in its science coverage. The body which oversees the BBC is to launch a full-scale review into whether its coverage of science and the environment is biased. The BBC Trust acted after a string of complaints that the BBC is a cheerleader for the theory that climate change is man-made. [News Source]

Energy conservation helps stymie a major transmission line. Transmission projects have traditionally come under attack by environmental, scenic and "not in my backyard" partisans. Now a major mid-Atlantic power line proposal may be held up instead by a weak economy and a growing energy conservation movement. [News Source]

Top British firms drag their feet to reduce carbon footprints. Greenhouse gas targets set by many of Britain's largest companies are too weak to meet UK commitments on climate change, a new analysis shows. [News Source]

Carbon trading expands in volume but not in value. The global trade in carbon emissions credits expanded last year, with a regional cap-and-trade market in the northeastern U.S. and Canada taking a growing share, a market analysis company reported Wednesday. [News Source]

Long drought ahead from global warming, study says. A University of Montana study led by acclaimed scientist Steven Running shows that climate change will significantly extend drought periods in the Northern Rockies, stressing forests and inviting more frequent and virulent wildfires. [News Source]

House resolution questions science of climate change. The chairman of the committee that deals with environmental issues in the Kentucky House of Representatives has introduced a resolution that questions the science of climate change. [News Source]

Fund managers told to factor in climate change. Most money managers do not consider risks to profit posed by climate change when deciding whether to invest in companies, according to a coalition of investors and environmental groups. [News Source]