New Jersey figures in dispute over cap-and-trade success. New Jersey's expected pullout from a 10-state pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is among the latest developments in a nationwide dispute over whether cap-and-trade programs work and what limitations states should place on energy producers to curb the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. [News Source]

Global warming debunked! Or…not. Even if you define the carefully thought out projections in global temperatures and other climate factors and even if this new paper bolsters the climate skeptic argument slightly, it would still take an awful lot more than this to blow a hole in anything, no matter what some headlines say. [News Source]

Canada overstating effect of greenhouse gas policies. The Conservative government is overestimating the effectiveness of some of its environmental policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and is nowhere near being able to meet its 2020 emissions target, according to an analysis published last week. [News Source]

Eco-rally shows off future fuels - wine, cheese, and sewage. A sports car that runs on fuel made from cheese or wine, another that can run for more than 200 miles on a 10-minute charge of electricity, and a "Bio-Bug" powered by gas from sewage are among 20 vehicles of the future taking part in an eco-rally today. [News Source]

Climate endorsement is cultural cringe: Abbott. The British Prime Minister has given the Australian federal government the thumbs-up for its carbon price policy but Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the government's delight is a "cultural cringe to the old country." [News Source]

Offshore wind energy potential boosted during heat wave, data shows. When high temperatures roasted cities across the Northeast, winds were blowing hard and steady at the Cape Wind site in Nantucket Sound. If the proposed 130 wind turbines had already been installed, they would have been running nearly at full capacity. [News Source]

Antarctica rising as ice caps melt. Antarctica is rising like a cheese soufflé: slowly but surely. Lost ice due to climate change and left-over momentum from the end of the last big ice age mean the buoyant continent is heaven-bound. [News Source]

How Del River trout weathered the heat wave. Birds seemed to be staying in the woods. Chipmunks were absent. A lot of creatures seemed to be hunkered down for the recent heat wave. But some trout, which like cold water, didn't have it so lucky. [News Source]

Unusable reserves: it’s hot air, say analysts. A recent report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative argues that because of global warming, much of the world’s stock of hydrocarbon reserves can never be burnt, if we are to avoid runaway climate change. Analysts disagree. [News Source]

Star polar bear scientist in the dog house. The government mysteriously puts a lead Arctic biologist on administrative leave. Is it caving to oil interests? [News Source]

British PM backs Gillard over Abbott on carbon. Julia Gillard's bid to impose a carbon tax in Australia has won a glowing endorsement from British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron, undercutting a fierce campaign against the scheme by his conservative ally, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. [News Source]