Climate change symposium comes to UM MISSOULA- A symposium at The University of Montana Saturday explored adaptation strategies to climate change through a blend of indigenous ecological knowledge. The purpose of the symposium was to create a conversation about traditional ecological studies and modern scientific climate change studies. [News Source]

Climate change symposium comes to UM MISSOULA- A symposium at The University of Montana Saturday explored adaptation strategies to climate change through a blend of indigenous ecological knowledge. The purpose of the symposium was to create a conversation about traditional ecological studies and modern scientific climate change studies. [News Source]

PH need not enact policies on climate change, says WB Like other developing nations, the Philippines does not have to sacrifice growth to save the planet, the World Bank’s special envoy on climate change said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Climate change could spawn more tornadoes. With this week's tornado outbreak in the South, as with any major weather disaster these days, people ask questions about its relation to the huge elephant that's lurking in the corner – global climate change. [News Source]

A climate history of royal weddings. The first thing you will notice, besides the fact that Queen Victoria’s white wedding gown made its debut on a colder-than-usual year in 1840, or that King George V wedded Queen Mary during a warmer-than-average year in 1893, is that five of the ten warmest years have occurred in the past decade. [News Source]

Scientists probe genetic component of climate-hardy species. Forest Service researchers are in the midst of teasing out which genes help Douglas firs and 39 other species of plants, animals and pathogens found in Western forests adapt to climate change. [News Source]

Court rejects challenge to California’s clean-car regs. A federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge Friday that sought to bar implementation of a California regulation meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forcing automakers to make and sell less polluting cars in the state. [News Source]

TVA’s Johnsonville plant shutdown fuels counties’ job fears. TVA’s game-changing plan to shut down parts of its coal-burning power production fleet will mean cleaner air for Middle Tennessee and elsewhere, but it has left at least one community in shock. [News Source]

China adopts cap-and-trade to curb energy. China emits more carbon dioxide than any other nation. But the country is trying to control its CO2 by using a cap and trade scheme in parts of the country. If the experiment works, China will consider extending the program all over the country, possibly linking up with international carbon markets. [News Source]

Most Protestant pastors doubt global warming man-made. Sixty percent of Protestant pastors disagree that global warming is real and man-made, and 41 percent of them "strongly" disagree, a new survey says. That's up from an already high 48 percent in 2008. [News Source]

Europe’s top 300 firms get climate-ranked. British insurer Aviva ranks the climate-friendliest of 300 large European companies, but many companies don't do enough to bring down greenhouse gas emissions, a new study indicates. [News Source]