House committee seeks to keep global warming laws out of Utah (KSL Salt Lake City) Utah lawmakers want to send a strong message to the federal government to keep global warming laws away from the state. [News Source]

EU: Hackers broke into cap-and-trade system The European Commission said Thursday that hackers used a spoof European Union Web site to try and steal information that would allow them to profit from the EU's cap-and-trade program. [News Source]

EU: Hackers broke into cap-and-trade system The European Commission said Thursday that hackers used a spoof European Union Web site to try and steal information that would allow them to profit from the EU's cap-and-trade program. [News Source]

Prince Charles defends climate change theory as top scientist calls for critics to provide evidence for their views (Daily Mail) The Prince's speech appeared a response to the recent furore over scientific data on global warming, which critics have called into question and claim is over-stated. [News Source]

Prince Charles defends climate change theory as top scientist calls for critics to provide evidence for their views (Daily Mail) The Prince's speech appeared a response to the recent furore over scientific data on global warming, which critics have called into question and claim is over-stated. [News Source]

Prince Charles defends climate change theory as top scientist calls for critics to provide evidence for their views (Daily Mail) The Prince's speech appeared a response to the recent furore over scientific data on global warming, which critics have called into question and claim is over-stated. [News Source]

Prince Charles defends climate change theory as top scientist calls for critics to provide evidence for their views (Daily Mail) The Prince's speech appeared a response to the recent furore over scientific data on global warming, which critics have called into question and claim is over-stated. [News Source]

EPA biofuels guidelines could spur production of ethanol from corn. The nation's farmers got a big boost Wednesday when the Obama administration issued new biofuels guidelines that could open the way for large increases in the production of corn-based ethanol. [News Source]

Researcher on climate is cleared in inquiry. An academic board of inquiry has largely cleared a noted Pennsylvania State University climatologist of scientific misconduct, but a second panel will convene to determine whether his behavior undermined public faith in the science of climate change. [News Source]

UN climate boss defends record. Rajendra Pachauri, the embattled chairman of the UN’s Nobel prize-winning climate change panel, lashed out on Wednesday at his critics, whom he accused of engaging in “skulduggery of the worst kind” in an effort to stall international action to combat climate change. [News Source]

Biofuel production falls far short of targets. The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it expects the biofuels industry to produce 6.5 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol this year, a fraction of the volume anticipated by Congress. [News Source]