Babies born with eye defects in two Jharkhand villages (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Ranchi, April 30 (IANS) Nearly 30 women in two Jharkhand villages have given birth to babies with eyesight defects, a problem villagers and environmentalists blame on the water and air pollution caused by coal mining in the area. [News Source]

Experts meet on U.N. report but time running out.

After two gloomy U.N. reports on global warming, scientists and governments on Monday began looking at how to fight climate change, with green groups saying the world has the means to cut emissions at little cost.

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PepsiCo takes top spot in global warming battle. Guess what corporate global warming fighter the EPA will crown its national "green power" kingpin Monday. Whole Foods? No. Starbucks? Nope. Give up? It's PepsiCo. [News Source]

Solar heating. Florida is emitting CO2 pollution faster than nearly every other state in the country, according to a new study from a U.S. Public Interest Research Group. But installing a solar hot water system can help reduce the increase of emissions and save some cash. [News Source]

EasyJet slams ’snake oil sellers’ in offset market and goes it alone. EasyJet has warned that the carbon offsetting market is riddled with "snake oil salesmen" determined to make excessive profits from green-minded air passengers. [News Source]

Gore blasts green plan. Global warming crusader Al Gore has put the Conservative government in his climate change crosshairs, lambasting the feds' recently released green plan. [News Source]

Gore never read Ottawa’s green plan, Baird says. The war of words between Canada's Environment Minister and the planet's most famous environmentalist entered a second round yesterday as John Baird accused former U.S. vice-president Al Gore of criticizing Ottawa's new plan without having read it. [News Source]

Gore calls Canada climate plan a ‘fraud’. Al Gore condemned Canada's new plan to reduce greenhouse gases, saying it was "a complete and total fraud" because it lacks specifics and gives industry a way to actually increase emissions. [News Source]

Canadian economy can handle emission plan . The Canadian economy will be able to handle any impact of the Conservative government's plan to cut emissions by 20 percent by 2020, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday. [News Source]

Breathe Easier This Spring With an Air Purifier (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) With spring in the air and summer just around the corner, it might be time to consider an air purifier. Air purifiers are desirable for any number of reasons. They can reduce household allergens, remove odors from the air and cut down on indoor pollution from cigarette or cigar smoke. [News Source]