Farm Bureau Fires Back Against Climate Bill's 'Power Grab' The climate bill that passed the House last summer and is under consideration in the Senate would set a limit on overall greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Regulated entities could buy offsets for some of their emissions by paying farmers to plant trees, practice no-till farming or other carbon-storing practices.Stallman said that the bill would "slash" farmers' ability to produce more food for a growing worldwide population. He estimated the bill would shift as many as 59 million acres of food production into forestry -- equal to setting aside every acre of land used for crop and food production in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Penn... UPDATE 1-California wants EPA to slow down climate rules - Reuters California passed its own climate law in 2006, in the absence of federal climate regulation, that would require the country's most populous state to cap ... How the Bering Strait influences Earth's climate / The Christian Science Monitor The Bering Strait is only 50 miles wide, but it has quite an influence on Earth's climate, say scientists. A gray whale in the waters of the Bering Strait. ... A Call to Rein In Cold or Hot Climate Hype Richard Betts, the head of the climate impacts division at Britain's Met Office, has contributed a very useful essay to the BBC's always ... Saving biodiversity 'on the same scale' as climate change In a kick-off event for the UN's Year of Biodiversity, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, compared the importance of saving biodiversity to stopping climate ... Why UN's glacial global warming talks need overhaul / The Christian Science Monitor A life size ice carving of a polar bear created by Sculptor Mark Coreth stands in Trafalgar Square in London December 11, during the climate summit. ... Police extremist unit helps climate change e-mail probe A police unit set up to support forces dealing with extremism in the UK is helping investigate the leaking of climate change data in Norfolk. ... Warmer Climate Could Stifle Carbon Uptake by Trees Contrary to conventional belief, as the climate warms and growing seasons lengthen subalpine forests are likely to soak up less carbon dioxide, according to ... Act now on climate change The scientific consensus is very strong that climate change is occurring as a result of carbon emissions and the long-term costs of inaction will be very significant. It would be imprudent not to take action. Our country's leading corporations are aggressively reducing emissions. They recognize that getting ahead of the curve is essential to be competitive. The same is...

Leading climate scientist challenges Mail on Sunday's use of his research Mojib Latif, a climate expert at the Leibniz Institute at Kiel University in Germany, said he "cannot understand" reports that used his research to question ...