Schwarzenegger embraces role as global-warming statesman

(Source: Union Tribune, SanDiego) When the U.N. secretary-general extended an off-the-cuff invitation to participate in a global-warming conference in New York City, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t hesitate.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070920-9999-1n20warming.html 

Former Midnight Oil singer pushes for action on climate change in Australia

(The Vancouver Sun) In the summer of 1993, Langer and other environmental activists were struggling in their efforts to stop logging on an ancient rain forest on the west coast of Vancouver Island. She thought it would be a longshot when she asked the towering environmental lawyer with a shaved head if his band could [...]

Climate change tops future humanitarian challenges: Annan

 
(AFP) Former UN chief Kofi Annan warned Monday that climate change was likely to be the most urgent humanitarian challenge in the future, highlighting some one million people hit by recent flooding in Africa.

Al Gore wins an Emmy & prepares for Nobel Peace Prize

(ClimateRadar) Al Gore can now add an Emmy Award to the plethora of accolades he has already received form his ‘Inconvenient Truth’ documentary. The most notable award prior to this Emmy was of course the Oscar he received for Best Documentary. The former US Vice President, and still ‘up-in-the-air-presidential-candidate’, will be receiving his award [...]

Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for new climate change deal

 
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus called Thursday for the speedy enactment of a new, binding global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, accusing the U.S. and China of being the world’s biggest polluters.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/13/asia/AS-GEN-SKorea-Global-Warming.php

Mel Gibson turned climate change entrepreneur

Hollywood actor Looks to Transport Carbon Dioxide Waste to Far-off Oil and Gas Fields
http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/09/12/mel-gibson-gives-nod-to-co2-shipping-scheme/6506/?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=dgr