Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Amid growing frustration with the United States over deadlocked negotiations at a United Nations conference on global warming, the European Union threatened Thursday to boycott separate talks proposed by the Bush administration in Hawaii next month… The escalating bitterness between the European Union and the United States came as former Vice President Al Gore told delegates in a speech that “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali.”

Bali climate talks draft drop 2020 emissions goal
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – A compromise draft text to launch in Bali two years of negotiations for a global pact to fight climate change has dropped a key ambition of tough 2020 greenhouse emissions cuts for rich countries.

EU-U.S. Climate Impasse Easing
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Europe toned down a clash with the United States over 2020 climate goals on the final day of U.N. talks in Bali on Friday, raising hopes of a deal to start negotiations on a new global warming treaty.

2007 among the warmest years on record
2007 is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record. The annual temperature for 2007 across the contiguous USA is expected to be the 8th-warmest since records were first begun in 1895.

Scientists: Global warming could kill coral reefs by 2050
Rising carbon emissions might kill off the ocean’s coral reefs by 2050, scientists warn in today’s edition of the journal Science.

Cities to turn out the lights for climate change: WWF
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Major cities around the world will plunge into darkness for an hour in March 2008 to mark their commitment to battling climate change, conservation group WWF said Friday.

Green500 Plan Commits U.K.’s Big Businesses to Carbon Cuts
LONDON, Dec. 14, 2007 — Ikea, Sky and Chelsea FC are among a host of top London businesses that have signed up to a new program to help large companies cut their carbon emissions.

Solar powered…jewelry?
As a child, did you ever use a magnifying glass to barbeque ants? Sizzle flies? Burn leaves? Don’t worry, we won’t tell. Someone who may fall into this category has found an ingenious way to harness the sun’s power to make jewelry. No, not using the latest thin-film solar innovation. No, they’ve what appears to be a giant magnifying glass, capable of melting glass into a pliable state, suitable for making quite lovely jewelry.

Orangutan plan to curb carbon emissions
Indonesia’s new 10 year action plan for conserving orangutans will have important benefits in mitigating climate change, according to WWF.

Lice in Fish Farms Endanger Wild Salmon, Study Says
Parasites that breed in fish farms kill so many passing juvenile wild salmon that they threaten the survival of fish populations in some rivers and streams, Canadian researchers say.