Nuclear power is finding a warmer reception.

Faced with evidence that coal- and oil-fired electric plants are overheating the planet, and alarmed by soaring demand for electricity, governments from South America to Asia are turning once again to a power source mostly shunned for two decades as too dangerous and too costly.

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Schwarzenegger proposes ‘revolutionary’ energy plan. In the state's biggest, immediate step toward cutting global warming pollution, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week began shifting California's 26 million cars and trucks off petroleum-based fuels and toward alternatives that emit less greenhouse gas. [News Source]

How global warming will hurt SLO County. During this century, the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada could shrink by 80 percent. [News Source]

Dept may use new concept to control air pollution. Thailand's Pollution Control Department plans to apply the ''emission trading'' concept under the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases reduction to tackle air pollution at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong province. [News Source]

Government all at sea on air travel. Just when you thought it was safe to board a plane, a Government minister has again condemned air travel and instructed people to go by sea and rail instead. [News Source]

Air quality. On Tuesday, Virginia's state Air Pollution Control Board will consider regulations that, for the first time, would require coal-burning power plants to cut mercury emissions. [News Source]

Tony’s carbon footprints: follow these simple steps, Prime Minister, and you too can save the planet. Tony Blair personally emits more than 700 times as much of the pollution that causes global warming as the average Briton. [News Source]

Maritzburg air pollution hits critical levels (Independent Online) Air pollution in Pietermaritzburg has reached critical levels, with passive screening surveys revealing that certain industry emissions are far higher than the legal standard. [News Source]