Combating climate change, with help from Lord Ram (New Kerala) By Asit Srivastava, Sonbhadra/Lucknow, Jan 14 : Ram, Ramayana and global warming - the association may sound odd, until you realise how the religious context helped an NGO in Uttar Pradesh combat the ill effects of climate change. [News Source]

Combating climate change, with help from Lord Ram (Calcutta News) Sonbhadra/Ram, Ramayana and global warming - the association may sound odd, until you realise how the religious context helped an NGO in Uttar Pradesh combat the ill effects of climate change. [News Source]

Local expert ready to talk about climate change (The World) The ocean is a constant presence in Allen Solomon's Charleston home. He can see crashing waves from his office and sea breezes blow past his deck. But the retired global ecologist knew enough about climate change to keep plenty of land between him and the wet stuff. [News Source]

MIT scientist to speak locally about climate change (Melrose Free Press) Kerry Emanuel, professor of Atmospheric Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak about global warming and climate change at St. Patrick Church, 71 Central St., Stoneham, on Monday, Jan. 25 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. Admission is free. [News Source]

UN Highlights Potential To Fight Climate Change (Scoop.co.nz) Properly managed grasslands – even more than forests – could fight climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, according to a newly released report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

Local expert ready to talk about climate change (The World) The ocean is a constant presence in Allen Solomon's Charleston home. He can see crashing waves from his office and sea breezes blow past his deck. But the retired global ecologist knew enough about climate change to keep plenty of land between him and the wet stuff. [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

US cult of greed is now a global environmental threat. The average American consumes more than his or her weight in products each day, fuelling a global culture of excess that is emerging as the biggest threat to the planet, according to a report published today. [News Source]

Largest U.S. farm group: Stop EPA on greenhouse gases. The 6-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation called on Congress on Tuesday to prevent the government from regulating greenhouse gases if lawmakers kill climate change legislation. [News Source]

Pacific islanders bid to stop Czech coal plant. A small pacific island state's challenge to a Czech coal-fired power plant extension some 6,000 km away on grounds it could harm its environment could open a new front in the fight over global climate change. [News Source]