Critics Take Aim at Arkansas Global Warming Panel - ArkansasBusiness.com

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Critics of a commission that studied ways to reduce global warming in Arkansas are taking their complaints to lawmakers.

I wonder if this rule will be happily obeyed on rainy days: South Jakarta officials must ride bikes | The Jakarta Post

In an environmental ruling announced Tuesday, South Jakarta's Mayor Syahrul Effendi has officially proclaimed that district heads of South Jakarta must cycle when performing their duties.

"This decision affects village and sub-district heads, as well as their representatives. This is compulsory," Syahrul said to reporters on Tuesday, at the South Jakarta Mayor's office.

He said that the ruling is one of the ways his office's is contributing to the effort to reduce the problems associated with increasing global warming.
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The government will not give the officials funds to buy a bike. "They can buy it themselves, if not, they could borrow their son's bike, if not, they could borrow their neighbors,'" he said.

But of course: Warming world will be even hotter than we thought, say "scientists" - National - NZ Herald News

The world will be hotter than we think if no action is taken to cut greenhouse emissions, a Wellington conference will hear today.

AFP: Hillary Clinton promises 'smart power' under Obama

Clinton, 61, delivered a broad sweep of US foreign policy but gave few specifics, reiterating Obama's pledges to put a new focus on the war in Afghanistan and to withdraw US troops from Iraq.

She pledged the United States would work to combat climate change, in a reversal of the Bush administration's reticence to throw itself into global efforts and would cut US reliance on carbon energy sources.