Nike makes environmental strides and abandons carbon offsets. A new corporate responsibility report issued by the shoe and apparel manufacturer Nike highlights the progress the company has made in reducing its environmental footprint and the ways in which its climate change strategy is evolving. [News Source]

Green groups oppose Obama on nuclear power. Obama this week showed how serious he is about nuclear power by proposing to triple the money available for loans for nuclear plants. He is determined to woo supporters for climate change legislation, which is stuck in the Senate. [News Source]

Are more frequent and higher extreme waves a by-product of global warming? "When you have five or six (waves) that are bigger than a 100-year event occurring over just three years, you need to figure out what's going on." [News Source]

Could special bonds fund the green revolution and stabilize the climate? There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists. [News Source]

Seas threaten Thai coast. Thailand has been told it needs to build a massive sea wall to prevent massive damage from land subsidence and rising sea waters. [News Source]

Report undercuts Kevin Rudd’s Great Barrier Reef wipeout. Kevin Rudd's insistence that the Great Barrier Reef could be "destroyed beyond recognition" by global warming grates with new science suggesting it will again escape temperature-related coral bleaching. [News Source]

Wetland in Gansu not so wet. A picturesque wetland in Maqu, Gansu Province is drying up and some fear it will go from a green and healthy place along the Yellow River into a desert. [News Source]

Global warming may cook sea turtle eggs. When they emerge onto beaches around the world to lay their eggs in the sand, sea turtles expose themselves to a trio of threats from climate change: cyclones, rising seas and warming temperatures. [News Source]

Sea level rise may sink island nations. Island countries could soon drown underneath rising tides, but their people and their governments may endure. [News Source]

Colo. groups say climate change endangers skiing. Colorado's $2 billion winter sports industry and millions of acres of forests are threatened as climate change causes "oddball winter weather" in the state, business and conservation leaders said Tuesday. [News Source]

Wetland warning. Global warming could lead to Palisadoes going under water if Jamaicans do not take care of the wetlands, an expert from the Port Royal Marine Laboratory has warned. [News Source]