Global warming’s silver lining? Northern countries will thrive and grow, researcher predicts Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a geographer predicts in a new book. As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes... [News Source]

Koch brothers give $1M to back Proposition 23 Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week. California - Charles G. Koch - Environment - Global warming - Climate change [News Source]

Koch Brothers Give $1M to Back Proposition 23 Subsidiary of Koch Industries donates $1M to suspend California's global warming law Koch Industries - Climate change - Environment - California - Opposing Views [News Source]

Subsidiary of Koch Industries donates $1M to suspend California’s global warming law SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week. [News Source]

Namibia: Climate Change Sparking Huge Interest The Polytechnic of Namibia this week hosted the second international APEDIA Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Africa, themed, "Land Use and Climate Change: Challenges for Adaptation Strategies," on campus. [News Source]

Oil company owned by Tea Party’s billionaire brothers gives $1 million to fight California’s climate change law An oil company headed by conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch has contributed $1 million to the campaign to suspend the state's landmark climate change law. [News Source]

Bid to suspend California global-warming law gets $1 million from billionaire brothers’ firm. The fight over a November ballot initiative to suspend California's global warming law has escalated sharply with the Koch brothers, oil billionaires and "tea party" backers, making a million-dollar entry into the fray. [News Source]

All consuming. With population and per-capita consumption both on the rise, it's hard to believe humanity's impact on the Earth is sustainable. But what would happen if we ate less meat? Or gave women better education and more power? [News Source]

Bid to suspend California global-warming law gets $1 million from billionaire brothers’ firm. The fight over a November ballot initiative to suspend California's global warming law has escalated sharply with the Koch brothers, oil billionaires and "tea party" backers, making a million-dollar entry into the fray. [News Source]

Amazon may be headed for another bad drought. Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades. [News Source]

Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts. Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last, as polar ice recedes. [News Source]