West goes wild in battle over greenhouse gas emissions. Following California's lead in efforts to fight global warming, six Western states and two Canadian provinces pledged Wednesday to work together to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Utah vows to cut pollution 15 percent. Utah and other Western states pledged Wednesday to slash the pollution blamed for global warming at least 15 percent by 2020. If the group is successful, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will be close to 1990 levels, the states said. [News Source]

States set goal for reducing emissions. Eight Western U.S. states and Canadian provinces on Wednesday staked out a regional goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, partly by creating a trading block for pollution credits and requiring less-polluting autos. [News Source]

Climate camp considers legal action to protect Kyoto. Canada's biggest environmental groups are contemplating legal action against the Harper government because they believe it has violated a new law designed to ensure it complies with Canada's international climate change obligations. [News Source]

Activists eye lawsuit to force Ottawa into Kyoto compliance. Canada's biggest environmental groups are contemplating legal action against the Harper government because they believe it has violated a new law designed to ensure it complies with Canada's international climate change obligations. [News Source]

Altova Utilizes Renewable Energy for a Healthier Environment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) BEVERLY, Mass.----Altova® , creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, today announced that it has taken important steps to help lessen the effects that greenhouse gases and air pollution are having on the quality of the environment. [News Source]

Brown hails global warming pact, calls it model for cities. A deal reached Tuesday ending a lawsuit between the state attorney general and San Bernardino County could become a model for other fast-growing cities and counties working to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fend off future court battles. [News Source]

China hails car trial a ’success’. A four-day scheme that took 1.3 million cars off Beijing's streets reduced air pollution by 15-20%, officials in the Chinese capital say. [News Source]

£2,000 tax on gas-guzzlers ‘would soon make Britain carbon neutral’. The Liberal Democrats would raise taxes on the most polluting cars to up to £2,000 a year as part of a package of measures designed to combat global warming, The Times has learnt. [News Source]

Judge: Bush officials broke law by not reporting on warming. The Bush administration violated a 2004 congressional deadline for presenting the latest research about global warming to lawmakers and the public and must submit its report by next spring. [News Source]

China pays steep price as textile exports boom. China has faced harsh criticism over toxic toys and other exports. But environmentalists and the Chinese government are increasingly pointing to the flip side: the role multinationals play in China's growing pollution. [News Source]