Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum. Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming. [News Source]

What lies beneath Antarctic ice. Rodolfo del Valle and his team are heading to the Southern Ocean to measure a methane leak. [News Source]

Fiorina announces support for Proposition 23 to roll back state’s global warming law. One of the more memorable exchanges in Wednesday night's debate between Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina was Fiorina's refusal to take a position on Proposition 23. [News Source]

For borough mayor, white roofs are a no-brainer. The mayor of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie hopes a new bylaw requiring white roofs on homes and commercial buildings will make his the coolest borough in Montreal, literally. [News Source]

U.N. official warns against worsening global disasters. The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change said Friday. [News Source]

Satellite Beach plans to be ready for rising sea levels. Samsons Island's roads could be swamped and stormwater ponds overflowing by 2100 if sea level rises 4 feet or higher, according to a recent study. [News Source]

Three Sisters glacier’s fast retreat studied. An Oregon State University research program has returned to Collier Glacier for the first time in almost 20 years, and found that the glacier has shrunk more than 20 percent since the late '80s. [News Source]

Painting roofs white a cool idea. The mayor of Rosemont-Petite Patrie hopes a new bylaw requiring white roofs on homes and commercial buildings will make his borough the coolest in Montreal -literally. [News Source]

Belching sheep. Sheep burps produce methane - a gas that contributes to climate change. Now researchers are suggesting a novel solution to minimize the greenhouse gas: seasoning the sheeps’ food. [News Source]

Former skeptic offers ideas on climate change. Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial Danish economist, has pushed his way back into the global warming debate. He's done it with a book promoting what he calls smart solutions to climate change. The book has raised eyebrows because Lomborg - a climate change skeptic - now supports a tax on greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

EU climate chief calls for new carbon mechanisms. Europe's climate chief called on Friday for a major reform of the U.N.'s carbon crediting mechanism, including more money for the poorest countries as well as a number of new pilot projects. [News Source]