2009 offered a trove of climate stories. Journalists worldwide produced more than 32,000 stories on climate change last year, but the coverage was not enough to warrant a spot on a map showing major news events of 2009. [News Source]

States want delay on emission rules. A growing number of states are urging the Obama administration to slow the rollout of federal rules curbing greenhouse gas emissions, saying it could overwhelm them with paperwork, delay projects and undercut their own efforts to fight climate change. [News Source]

You can thank him for energy savings. When octogenarian Arthur H. Rosenfeld vacates his utilitarian office at the California Energy Commission this week, one of his final tasks might seem of little consequence: He'll turn off the lights. [News Source]

World warming to greener train travel. Faced with global climate change, many around the globe have warmed to train travel. Traveling by rail is on average three to 10 times less CO2-intensive compared to road or air transport, according to the UIC, a Paris-based international organization of the railway sector. [News Source]

‘It’s like a death watch’. Scientists who have been studying polar bears of western Hudson Bay believe that occurrences of cannibalism recorded this fall are more signs that climate change is taking its toll on the bears of the region. [News Source]

Mich.’s biomass rush sparks air quality, forest depletion worries. A rush to meet new requirements for renewable energy has spurred plans for wood-burning power plants in Northern Michigan, but critics argue that a surge in wood-based generation could deplete the state’s forests and generate hazardous air pollution. [News Source]

Task force touts many benefits of biomass. A full-scale system to produce fuel made from renewable sources such as grass and wood chips could create 10,000 lasting jobs in 15 years, many in farming areas of the state, and generate billions in economic activity, the task force said in a report. [News Source]

Job creation takes on new importance in climate-change fight. If the public has to choose between creating jobs and spending billions to scrub invisible heat-trapping gases from the sky, jobs will win. That's why the campaign to combat climate change is morphing. [News Source]

UK should mull tougher CO2 goal: gov’t committee. Britain should be ready to set tougher goals for greenhouse gas emission cuts to combat climate change, regardless of world leaders' failure to reach a legally binding climate pact, a UK Parliament committee said on Monday. [News Source]

Global warming bill would hurt auto industry. The so-called “California Cars” provision in the legislation derived from the Global Warming Task Force simply won’t work in the Badger State, according to the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association. [News Source]

Poll shows Canadians think that climate change is a bigger threat than terrorism. Canadians believe climate change poses a significantly bigger threat to the "vital interests" of this country over the next decade than international terrorism, a new poll suggests. [News Source]