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The article offers information on the adverse impacts of climate change on the business enterprises in the U.S. Topics discussed include increased costs for businesses to fight climate change, and financial expenses of firms to recover from the losses caused by extreme weather events and natural disasters.

The article offers the author's insights on the exportation of natural gas, oil and coal of the U.S. and its association to the issue of climate change. He states that the International Energy Association predicts that by 2017 the U.S. can surpass Saudi Arabia as the largest oil producer worldwide. He also challenges U.S. President Barack Obama on requiring the U.S. federal agencies to exercise their responsibility on climate change.

The article presents questions and answers related to issues on global warming including the effect of global warming in the 2008 presidential election, integration of climate change by the Congress, and truth on the impact of carbon tax to climate change.

Provides information on the world climate change due to global warming. Glaciers in Bolivia that are wasting away; Arctic species affected by the shrinkage of ice masses in the polar regions; Threats posed by the melting of the permafrost in Norway.

The article presents the author's views on the video entitled "Global Warming Is a Hoax" by Louisiana Representative Lenar Whitney. Whitney argued that the Earth has only gotten colder since the film "An Inconvenient Truth" produced by Al Gore was released in 2006. Also examined are Whitney's brand of rhetoric and her failure to cite her source that the Earth is getting colder.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including environmental education, climate disruption, and being inspired by a professor.

Blogs are presented from website sierraclub.org/uptospeed, regarding issues on climate change, methane emissions and solar power industry.

The article offers information on various topics including the hottest September recorded in the history, the knowledge by oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. on the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide to climate change, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Also mentioned are the lichen species that was named after country singer Dolly Parton, the drought in California, and the reduction of water usage in California.

The article reports on the order of Republican officials in Wisconsin and Florida directing state workers not to discuss, engage or use the words of climate change or global warming.

The article focuses on the percentage of the Republicans of the 11th Congress who denies the climate change, and the donations of the senate to the energy industry, an examination by Think Progress.

Two maps of the U.S. are presented with information on the number of days in which temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit for 1961-1979, and the number of scorchers predicted for 2080-2099 in high emissions climate change scenario of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The article focuses on the move of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of the 2012 Republican presidential contenders, to call for the abolition of the efforts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deal with the issue of climate change. It notes that Gingrich previously argued that climate change needed to be addressed. Moreover, almost all 2012 Republican presidential contenders including John McCain believed that human activities contribute to the issue of global warming.

This article reports on how climate change is affecting mountain goats in the Rocky Mountains. Mountain goats live in alpine climates that are changing as the planet warms and causes earlier snow melt on grazing lands. It is also noted that the use of snowmobiles could be forcing the goats onto higher ground. The changes have resulted in a drop in goat populations, though some groups are thriving in the new habitats they have been forced into. Information is also provided on the traveling photography exhibit "Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World."

The article reports on the role of global warming and climate changes on the 2007 elections in Australia. It states that the six-year drought in Australia has turned the attention towards climate change. The economic policies of former Australian prime minister John Howard, who claimed to boost the Australian economy, resulted in the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientists have forecasted that the temperature of the interior of Australia will increase upto 7 to 9 degrees by 2070. The government of Kevin Rudd, prime minister of Australia elected in 2007 aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Australia and is signing the Kyoto treaty at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia.

The article presents environmental news briefs relating to global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) has released a report on the environmental and social effects of global warming including the extinction of 30% of earth's plants and animals. It also reports that stabilization of climate is possible only if the world acts immediately to reduce emissions. The report has pushed the Bush administration to reinforce a policy that requires 20% reduction in gasoline over ten years. Northern nations such as Canada and Denmark are racing to stake new claims to islands that are emerging because of melting Arctic sea ice.

The article provides some insights into the benefits and limitations of nuclear power resources citing its implications on the fight against global warming. The Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, headed by Greenpeace cofounder Patrick Moore and former Environmental Protection Agency administration Christine Todd Whitman proposes nuclear power as the solution to climate change. They emphasize that nuclear power plants generate no air pollutants or greenhouse gases and could provide for future energy needs without cramping lifestyles.

The article presents the views of several environmentalists and experts on environmental protection in Great Britain regarding environmental issues. Paul Rauber quotes Dr. Johnson who commented that when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully on the increasing evidence of climate change is having that effect on the ranks of global warming skeptics, whose numbers are melting away like the snows of Kilimanjaro. Representative Bob Inglis, chair of the Research Subcommittee of the Science Committee says he ignored the issue of global warning until his visit to the United States in January 2006.

Focuses on hurricanes that occurred in the U.S. in 2004. Damages caused by hurricanes in Florida; Reason behind the increase in the occurrence of hurricanes; Effect of climate changes on hurricanes.