Africa’s mollusc stocks at risk from ocean acidification. Fishermen in Haiti and some African countries could lose their livelihoods as ocean acidification causes a decline in mollusc populations, a study has found. [News Source]

Protests in Iran over disappearing lake. Two dozen protesters have been arrested in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province in recent days, following demonstrations sparked by the failure of Iran’s Parliament to adopt measures to stem the gradual drying of Lake Orumieh, a vast salt lake threatened by drought and agriculture. [News Source]

For solar, no guarantees. With solar panel prices falling and a prominent manufacturer in bankruptcy, the U.S. solar industry has been hard-pressed for good news. But Washington continues to hand out loan guarantees. [News Source]

Songbirds turn their backs on England to thrive in Scotland. Songbirds that are suffering a mass decline south of the Border are thriving in Scotland – with some species doubling in number. [News Source]

Biden calls for new clean energy policy for US. The United States can't lead the world in the 21st century with its current energy policy, Vice President Joe Biden told alternative technology supporters Tuesday at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas. [News Source]

Amid cheers, NASA scientist is arrested at oil sands pipeline protests. James Hansen, the 70-year-old renowned climate scientist, was the 112th of 140 arrested on day 10 of the Keystone XL pipeline sit-ins. [News Source]

Texas still weighing how to deal with climate change in water plan. Five years ago the Texas Water Development Board conspicuously and controversially omitted man-made climate change from its long-range water plan. With a new blueprint due soon, officials are still deciding how to include it this time, the board chairman said recently. [News Source]

Do volcanoes hold the antidote for a warming planet? It sounds like something out of science fiction — shooting massive clouds of black carbon into the atmosphere to block out the sun and cool down the planet. But the research is very real, even if it may be many years before countries seriously consider slowing climate change by mimicking volcanic eruptions. [News Source]

US embassy believed ETS was a done deal. US diplomats confidently expected the government's emissions trading scheme to pass parliament, and the US embassy was caught off guard by the elevation of Tony Abbott to the opposition leadership, WikiLeaks cables say. [News Source]

Gov. Brown calls for action on clean energy. In his first out-of-state trip since taking office in January, California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he plans to forge ahead with aggressive renewable energy policies amid growing evidence of climate change. [News Source]

Great riches, greater challenges. The struggle to reach the Arctic's tempting, but frustratingly inaccessible, mineral reserves. [News Source]