West's wildfires a preview of changed climate: scientists (Reuters) - Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday. "What we're seeing is a window into what global warming really looks like," Princeton University's Michael Oppenheimer said during a telephone press ... [News Source]

West's wildfires a preview of changed climate: scientists (Reuters) - Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday. "What we're seeing is a window into what global warming really looks like," Princeton University's Michael Oppenheimer said during a telephone press ... [News Source]

Federal court upholds EPA's global warming rules WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases could be controlled as air pollutants. [News Source]

Are Colorado's wildfires caused by global warming? The wildfires devastating Colorado have been linked to a streak of unusually hot weather, but they that does not necessarily mean that global warming is the culprit.  [News Source]

What Exxon's CEO Proposes We Do About Global Warming: 'We'll Adapt' ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson's predecessor Lee Raymond was famous for providing "logistical and moral support" (like cash) to climate change deniers, but these days Tillerson's taking a different, sort of casual-sounding tack: just deal with it. Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations Wednesday, Tillerson suggested that rising levels of carbon in the atmosphere probably would have an impact ... [News Source]

Is Global Warming Fueling Colorado Wildfires? DENVER — Devastating wildfires scorching the state of Colorado are linked to a nasty streak of hot weather across the central part of the country, but it's tougher to link them definitively to global warming, climatologists say. [News Source]

Canada's Birds Under Siege by Climate Change Canada's bird populations have a new predator: climate change. [More] [News Source]

Surging Colorado wildfires forcing tens of thousands to flee. Wildfire worries in Colorado surged Wednesday, as fires threatened heavily populated areas of the state in and around Colorado Springs and Boulder – and a dangerous combination of high winds, heat, and drought conditions compounded firefighters' difficulties. [News Source]

Compromises on environmental, safety issues lead to tentative highway deal. Compromises on sticky environmental and safety issues enabled House and Senate negotiators to reach agreement Wednesday on a two-year bill to overhaul federal highway and transit programs. [News Source]

Calls for Arctic policy intensify as Shell nears final OK for exploration. The prospect of oil exploration this summer in Alaska's northernmost waters is triggering calls for Washington to take a more comprehensive international leadership role in managing a new era of economic, military and scientific development in the Arctic. [News Source]

Hot off the presses: The billionaire climate change sceptic who wants a slice of Australia’s media. Gina Rinehart, the multi-billionaire iron ore magnate, is one of Australia's wealthiest individuals. She is on the verge of becoming the country's newest media mogul, a prospect that is sending a chill through newsrooms, boardrooms and the corridors of government. [News Source]