Eastday-China offers climate change programs BEIJING - China will offer training programs on climate change to 1,000 officials and technicians from developing countries from 2012 to 2014, a Chinese official said here Thursday. [News Source]

China offers climate change programs China will offer training programs on climate change to 1,000 officials and technicians from developing countries from 2012 to 2014, a Chinese official said Thursday. [News Source]

Climate Change to Heat Up LA Region: Study The first-ever study of climate change's regional impacts showed a significant increase in the number of extremely hot days in the greater Los Angeles area by mid-century. [News Source]

Kerry, Cousin Push for UN Climate Change Agenda US senator and his cousin, UN Rio + 20 summit conference coordinator, are both pressing for radical plan EXCLUSIVE: Godfather of Global Green Thinking Steps Out of Shadows at Rio+20 [News Source]

Global warming spells bad news for emperor penguins, study finds

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that melting sea ice could lead to dramatic declines in populations of emperor penguins. 

Global warming spells bad news for emperor penguins, study finds Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that melting sea ice could lead to dramatic declines in populations of emperor penguins.  [News Source]

Climate Change Might Accelerate Spread of Malaria, Vector-Borne Diseases Did you know that climate change can accelerate the spread of disease? That's right, not only will we face a world beset by stronger typhoons, floods and droughts -- we'll have hordes of disease-ridden mosquitoes and bacteria-filled pools to contend with. [News Source]

Hillary Gets Serious About Global Warming The secretary of state’s new plan to deal with pollutants other than fossil fuels could be a game changer, write David G. Victor, Charles F. Kennel and Veerabhadran Ramanathan. [News Source]

Penguins Face Population Decline Due To Climate Change Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Penguins in the colder regions of the world are being threatened by man, despite man not actually being present. Two studies have pointed to climate change being the reason for why penguins that frolic in Antarctica are dying off. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts believe that there will be an 81 percent reduction in the number ... [News Source]

Environmental policies must tackle social inequities. Despite significant victories, race remains a major fault line in American life. It shapes the distribution not only of power and economic resources, but environmental quality as well. Tales of environmental injustices around the country provide strong evidence that chemical-by-chemical and facility-by-facility regulation is inadequate to protect public health. [News Source]

Heavy rains cause severe flooding in Duluth area. Roiling waters fueled by torrential rains have caused upheaval in northeastern Minnesota, buckling roads, forcing evacuations and wrecking property. Overnight downpours, reaching as high as 9 inches in some parts of Duluth and surrounding areas, have created the worst flooding in decades, city officials said. [News Source]