At REI, is ‘carbon-neutral’ a smoke screen? What do Nike, REI, the Vancouver Olympics, and the Washington state government have in common? They've all promised to eliminate their impact on the climate by going "carbon–neutral." [News Source]

Kentucky lawmakers blast budget’s proposed coal subsidy cuts. Lawmakers from Kentucky – which relies heavily on revenue from the coal industry for both jobs and cheaper electricity rates – have vowed to block the proposed cuts. [News Source]

Climate accord gets boost, but where’s the money? More than a month after the nearly scuttled climate deal, rich nations have yet to say when and how they will deliver emergency funds to help poor ones begin to green their economies and cope with climate impacts. [News Source]

Forests by bay growing faster, researchers find. Forests by the Chesapeake Bay are growing faster these days, researchers have found, in a growth spurt that seems linked to rising carbon dioxide in the air and warming climate. [News Source]

Malibu residents seek a narrow escape for Broad Beach. Broad Beach property owners, who include such celebrities as Pierce Brosnan, Goldie Hawn and Steven Spielberg, are building an 8-foot-high rock sea wall that they say is needed to protect their showplace homes from rising ocean water. [News Source]

Faulty science risks obscuring ‘larger truth’ of climate change. Faulty science published by the United Nations' climate change body is in danger of obscuring a “much larger truth”, a senior Government official warned yesterday, amid fears of growing public scepticism about the reality of global warming. [News Source]

Can nuke power save climate bill? President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation. [News Source]

Water vapour worse climate change villain than thought. A rise in water vapour in the atmosphere fuelled 30 percent of the global warming that took place during the 1990s. This discovery suggests that the potent greenhouse gas plays a bigger role in climate change that we previously imagined. [News Source]

David King admits to speculation over source of climate science emails. The government's former chief scientist has backed away from his sensational claim that a foreign intelligence agency or wealthy US lobbyists were behind the hacking and release of controversial emails between climate scientists. [News Source]

Subsidies set to spur clean energy boom. The UK’s renewable energy industry is gearing up for a demand boom following the government’s announcement on Monday of a more generous than expected subsidy scheme. [News Source]

How the ‘climategate’ scandal is bogus and based on climate sceptics’ lies. Almost all the media and political discussion about the hacked climate emails has been based on brief soundbites publicised by professional sceptics and their blogs. In many cases, these have been taken out of context. [News Source]