El Niño and a pathogen, not global warming, killed Costa Rican toad (Science Daily) Scientists broadly agree that global warming may threaten the survival of many plant and animal species; but global warming did not kill the Monteverde golden toad, an often cited example of climate-triggered extinction, says a new study. [News Source]

Climate Change Litigation Hits A Roadblock In Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals (dBusinessNews.com) HOUSTON – In a significant turn of events, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last Friday granted a rehearing en banc in Comer v. Murphy Oil, et al , one of three climate change public nuisance cases pending in the federal appellate courts. [News Source]

Barnidge: Berkeley carries a torch for global warming (Contra Costa Times) GLOBAL WARMING theorists have received a chilly reception in recent months, and it's not hard to understand why.Begin with a wrenching economy that has consumed public attention. [News Source]

Cool Model for a Hot Planet: Economist Explores How International Cooperation Can Mitigate Climate Change (Newswise) In his recent book, Strategic Bargaining and Cooperation in Greenhouse Gas Mitigations, Binghamton University's Zili Yang suggests ways governments might realistically work together to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. He also makes a case for curbing the use of fossil fuels -- whether they contribute to climate change or not. [News Source]

Climate change: Al Gore strikes back (The Week) The former VP mounts a passionate case for the science of global warming — can he turn the recent tide of skepticism? [News Source]

Seven-month-old baby survives shot to chest in parents’ murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming (New York Daily News) A seven-month-old girl miraculously survived alone for three days after one of her parents shot her in the chest - apparently as part of a bizarre murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming. [News Source]

Cyber bullying rises as climate data are questioned. The e-mails come thick and fast every time NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt appears in the press. Rude and crass e-mails. E-mails calling him a fraud, a cheat, a scumbag and much worse. [News Source]

Manure becomes pollutant as volume grows unmanageable. Crowded together at a new breed of megafarms, livestock produce more manure than can be recycled as fertilizer for nearby fields. That excess manure gives off air pollutants, and it is the country's fastest-growing large source of methane. [News Source]

A stink in Central California over converting cow manure to electricity. Air-quality rules in the region leave dairy farmers facing costly changes to generators used to burn methane to produce power. Some have put their renewable-energy plans on hold. [News Source]

Bees take flight to the city after fall in rural hive numbers. The buzzing of bees, part of the essence of rural life, may soon become a city sound. A new army of urban beekeepers is being recruited as part of an ambitious project to halt the worrying decline in British honeybees. [News Source]

US lawyer finds Europe going astray. The European Union is probably the most progressive bloc of countries in the world when it comes to environmental policies, so why is an American lawyer seeking to bring lawsuits against the bloc and its member states for environmental shortcomings? [News Source]