Gore goes green, making changes to Nashville house
NASHVILLE — Al Gore, the environmental activist stung by criticism over his house’s energy efficiency, says renovations are nearly complete to make it a model “green” home. “This plan has been in the works for a long time,” the former vice president said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. “The only thing that has changed is that we’re more public about it because of the misleading attack by a global-warming denier group.”

Canada says could suffer if U.S. shuns climate targets
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (Reuters) – Canadian industry could suffer if the country committed itself to the expensive process of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and the United States did not, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday.

Feds OK wells on Colo. plateau land
DENVER – Federal land managers on Friday authorized up to 1,570 new natural gas wells over the next 20 years on a mountain plateau prized for its energy reserves — and its wildlife.

Caribbean’s Reef-Building Coral at Risk
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands’ development, according to a study released Thursday.

American buys slices of South America
LOS ESTEROS DEL IBERA, Argentina – The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile, and now he’s hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Argentina.