USA Map of rising sea levels

(ClimateRadar.com) New US Charity produces map and pictures of the USA if seal level were to rise.
http://www.architecture2030.org/current_situation/coastal_impact.html

Global Warming ‘good and not our fault’…

 
(The Daily Telegraph) Recent climate change is not caused by man-made pollution, but is instead part of a 1,500-year cycle of warming and cooling that has happened for the last million years, say the authors of a controversial study.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/14/nclimate114.xml

Atlantic Carbon Sink to be tested in 2009

(Treehugger)  In an attempt to test the possibility of mitigating the effects of global warming, scientists from India, Germany, Italy and Chile plan on “sinking” carbon emissions into the Scotia Sea, off the Antarctic Peninsula in the South Atlantic, during January to March 2009.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/international_t.php

2,000 U.S. Temperature Records Smashed

(NOAA News) The June-August 2007 summer season ended with a long-lasting heatwave that set more than 2,000 new daily high temperature records across the southern and central U.S., according [...]

Voluntary offsets needs new standard

(New Values) The current plethora of standards for carbon credits in the voluntary market is due to shrink within the next year, as buyers seek consistency and clarity for evaluating carbon reductions, according to an expert panel at a carbon market conference yesterday. “While it is true that there are too many standards out there [...]

First Carbs, Now Carbon: Food Labels Go Green

(ABC News) By now, we’re familiar with the usual culprits of global warming: smokestacks, cars and trucks, deforestation. But do you know the environmental impact of a bag of potato chips? British consumers do. Starting this summer, it has been listed on every bag of Walkers Crisps — the third-most recognizable brand in Britain — [...]

Italy debating renewable energy

 
(Environmental News Network) Italian government officials took to newspapers on Saturday to promote alternative energy, including banned nuclear power, as a debate over the country’s heavy dependence on power imports cranked up.
http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23069 

US Science department lacking fund in climate change

(Earth Portal) The Bush administration’s overarching climate science research effort has helped answer basic questions about global warming, but its progress is jeopardized by a lack of central budget authority and planned cuts in the number of satellites that monitor the Earth and its atmosphere, the National Academy of Sciences said today.
http://www.earthportal.org/news/?p=475

Global Warming effects on Alaska

(Earth Portal) Latest report on climate change effects in Alaska. More than anywhere else in the United States, Alaska has experienced widespread, adverse impacts from global warming, which are well documented and representative of some of the substantial costs associated with human-caused climate change.
http://www.earthportal.org/?page_id=70

Australia: $25m climate-change campaign launched

(Hearld Sun) FAMILIES will be encouraged to become “carbon-neutral” by planting trees and other green initiatives, as part of a $25 million climate-change advertising blitz.
 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22420246-662,00.html