AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.

Reuters - U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, hospitalized in Los Angeles for a fainting spell days after spearheading House passage of a landmark climate change bill, will be back at work on Capitol Hill next week, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.

AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.

AP - The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain dim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions as well a senior Swedish climate change official said Thursday.

In a move to reduce the burden on judiciary as well as address the increasing number of environment-related litigation, the govt has proposed to set up a National Green Tribunal along with benches in different regions.

Whether you accept the notion or not, we are all under some pressure to think green, garden organically and take any number of other actions on behalf of our environment.

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The recycled, re-refined motor oil that Bill Sewell wants to put in your car is certainly "green" - it benefits both the environment and his business - but he thinks it's also red, white and blue.

July 2009 Green buildings are not only better for the environment, they are also good for your bottom line. TECOM, which is currently building a sustainability-based free zone, says it has proof to support this claim. ZARINA KHAN reports.