Bush under seige on climate: For seven years the Bush administration has used every tool at its disposal to obstruct efforts to address climate change [search]. Now this immoral do nothing climate policy is threatened by both a renewed national push by the Senate to reduce emissions through a trading system, and an united international community demanding the United States engage in post-Kyoto negotiations in Bali. — Climate Ark

Threatened birds rare than thought: Geographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly underestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific habitats, according to a study published online this week in the journal Conservation Biology. — Environmental News Network

Gas bugs: Bacteria that feed on vinegar and waste water zapped with a shot of electricity could produce a clean hydrogen fuel to power vehicles that now run on petrol, researchers report. These so-called microbial fuel cells can turn almost any biodegradable organic material into zero-emission hydrogen gas fuel, says Professor Bruce Logan of Penn State University. — ABC

Oil Threatens South Korean Seafood, Birds, Tourism: For oyster farmer Chung Hwan-hyang, damage from South Korea’s worst-ever oil spill hit home. “My oysters are all dead,” the 70-year-old woman said Sunday as she and thousands of others cleaned foul-smelling oil from the local beach. “I cried and cried last night. I don’t know what to do.” — National Geographic

10 Solutions for Climate Change: The enormity of global warming can be daunting and dispiriting. What can one person, or even one nation, do on their own to slow and reverse climate change? — Scientific American