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US ambassador urges China cooperation on Iran (AP)
AP - Beijing needs to take seriously American concerns about the value of the Chinese currency, but bilateral disputes should not impede cooperation on global issues such as climate change and Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Thursday.
China's roars grow louder in Year of the Tiger (AFP)
AFP - After running at loggerheads with the West over climate change, human rights and nuclear proliferation, China is now on a collision course with the international community on the value of its currency.
Deal nearing on Senate climate bill: lawmaker (Reuters)
Reuters - The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, said a top Democratic lawmaker who discussed ideas with industry groups on Wednesday.
Climate debated should be reframed: Malidives president (AFP)
AFP - The climate change debate should be reframed in economic and security terms ahead of a year-end UN summit in Mexico seeking a binding climate deal, the president of the Maldives said Wednesday.
Govt ads banned over climate change claims (AFP)
AFP - Advertising watchdog has banned two government adverts for overstating the threat from climate change, it said on Wednesday.
Bolivia summit to seek global climate change referendum (AFP)
AFP - An alternative "people's conference" on climate change in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in April will seek to advance an international global warming referendum, organizers said.
Climate Change: In Canada, No News Is Bad News (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - UXBRIDGE, Mar 16 (IPS) - Canada's climate researchers are being muzzled, their funding slashed, research stations closed, findings ignored and advice on the critical issue of the century unsought by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, according to a 40-page report by a coalition of 60 non-governmental organisations.
Pacific smelt listed as threatened; impact unclear (AP)
AP - The Pacific smelt, a small silvery fish that was a staple of Northwest American Indian tribes when the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived, is getting federal protection because it's been declining toward extinction due to global warming and other factors.
UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations (AP)
AP - Talks on a new global climate change accord, bogged down for years in contested negotiations among nearly 200 countries, will increasingly move outside the sluggish U.N. framework and focus on a streamlined group of countries, special U.N. envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland said Tuesday.
Gov't pledges to improve strained China ties (AFP)
AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi pledged Tuesday to work together to strengthen ties after the two nations clashed over human rights, climate change and Iran's nuclear drive.
Adding iron to sea boosts deadly neurotoxin: study (AFP)
AFP - Adding iron to the world's oceans to capture carbon and fight global warming could do more harm than good, as the mineral appears to boost the growth of a plankton that produces a deadly neurotoxin, a study published Monday shows.
Oil and Gas Companies Warm to Possibility of Higher Taxes at the Pump (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - As a rule, big business hates higher taxes. So it would come as no surprise to find the oil and gas industry upset about climate change legislation that would increase levies at the gas pump.
UK government rebuked on climate change ads (AP)
AP - Britain's independent advertising watchdog agency has criticized a government ad campaign that highlights the dangers of climate change.
Britain's Miliband visits China amid rancor (AP)
AP - Britain's foreign secretary is visiting China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancor with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler thought to be mentally ill.
Australia '0.7 degrees warmer over past 50 years' (AFP)
AFP - Australia's top science body said on Monday temperatures had risen about 0.7 degrees Celsius (0.44 Fahrenheit) in the last 50 years, describing the finding as "significant evidence" of climate change.
China alleges diplomatic snub at Copenhagen summit (AP)
AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was snubbed at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference and fired back Sunday at critics who accuse China of arrogance.
NOAA director urges better explanations of climate (AP)
AP - Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
Ocean acidification: another path to EPA rules on carbon emissions? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Move over global warming. Ocean acidification is getting its day in court.
Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearing (AFP)
AFP - Illegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday.
Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US (AFP)
AFP - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.

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