Bush predicts ‘tough summer.’ With the country facing record oil prices, President Bush yesterday said prices are going to go up in the coming months and warned of a "tough summer" ahead for drivers. [News Source]

Alberta hell-bent on becoming as dry as a California desert. The environment is at the bottom of Alberta's to-do list which shows just one job, really: Get the oil and gas out now. [News Source]

Cardinal: give Earth back its primal strength. From one of the most infamous symbols of environmental destruction in the world, an apology to Mother Earth and a reprimand to humanity rang out yesterday. [News Source]

Palm oil spills into river after accident. A palm oil tanker, which overturned at the 31st kilometre of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway on Friday, spilled its load into Sungai Gombak, threatening to disrupt water supply to thousands of residents for the second time in seven months. [News Source]

Zambia : environmental problems worry ECZ. Environmental Council of Zambia spokesperson, Justine Mukosa has reveled that solid waste management has been the biggest pollution problem in Lusaka. [News Source]

Ohio lags behind in pursuit of ethanol. Some Ohioans, including two running for governor, worry that the state, already off to a slow start in the ethanol race, will be left further behind because of cumbersome regulations. [News Source]

UW satellite awaits launch. A $200 million University of Washington satellite will help scientists investigate the role of clouds and haze-making particles -- smoke, desert dust, pollution from burning fossil fuels and volcanic ash -- on global warming. [News Source]

Charleston makes pledge to cut emissions. Concerned about global warming and frustrated by the lack of federal action, hundreds of cities have pledged to take actions of their own to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and Charleston is the largest city in South Carolina to have taken such a step. [News Source]

Towns tackle global warming. Instead of throwing a parade, Chapel Hill and Carrboro leaders spent Earth Day chipping away at one of the planet's biggest environmental dilemmas: global warming. [News Source]

Shinin’ on through. All the aerosols and pollutants we threw into the air in the decades following World War II acted like a shade for the whole planet. This "Solar Dimming" shielded us from the full impact of global warming. But now the shade is disappearing. [News Source]

A trade boom’s unintended costs. Californians who live near ports, rail yards and along high traffic corridors are subsidizing the goods-movement sector with their health. [News Source]