When goods get traded, who pays for the CO2? Popularly, China is a villain in climate change. But while China may be leading the world in carbon emissions, that output is in large part due to the fact that it is using energy to make clothes, cars and toys for the rest of us, a new study finds. [News Source]

World’s pall of black carbon can be eased with new stoves. With a single, concerted initiative, the world could save millions of people in poor nations from respiratory ailments and early death, while dealing a big blow to global warming - and all at a surprisingly small cost. [News Source]

Solar industry learns lessons in Spanish sun. Two years ago, this gritty mining city hosted a brief 21st-century gold rush. Long famous for coal, Puertollano discovered another energy source it had overlooked: the relentless, scorching sun. [News Source]

Cool it on efforts against new rules, EPA chief asks. The head of the EPA on Monday pushed back against lawmakers' attempts to halt the EPA's regulation of greenhouse gases from power plants, refiners and other industrial facilities. [News Source]

Global warming doubts could hamper climate legislation. A recent poll suggests that high-profile controversies regarding climate science are weakening public confidence in the validity of global warming. And that could endanger congressional efforts to pass climate legislation. [News Source]

Something for everyone, With 90 percent of its water diverted for agricultural and urban use, scientists and managers have to get creative about how they go about habitat restoration on the Colorado River. [News Source]

EPA official says agency will act soon on BPA. Responding to criticism that the Environmental Protection Agency delayed action on regulating the chemical bisphenol A, Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday that her agency is planning to "finalize an action plan on BPA in the very near future." [News Source]

Counting outsourced emissions. One of the stickiest points in international climate change negotiations is how to account for CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions produced to make goods that are then sold for export. Should the producing country or the consuming country be held accountable for those emissions? [News Source]

Nuclear energy gets new French-driven boost. Poor countries need nuclear power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, urging rich lenders to help pay for a global nuclear expansion in the interests of fighting climate change and feeding the growing world hunger for energy. [News Source]

Climate forest deal in sight: Indonesia. Wealthy and developing nations should be able to seal an agreement this year on deforestation, unlocking a key part of the next treaty on global warming, Indonesian negotiators said Monday. [News Source]

James Hansen keen on next-generation nuclear power. Renewable energy won't save the planet so it's time to go nuclear, according to one of world's most high-profile climate scientists. [News Source]