Gore in Sydney for film's premiere
Al Gore jets into Sydney today to attend the Australian premiere of his global warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Business leaders, politicians and lobbyists will join film stars at the film's opening at Fox Studios. Those scheduled to attend include actors David Wenham and Daniel MacPherson, media heavyweights Maxine McKew and George Negus, swimmer Kieren Perkins, and environmentalists Don Henry and Jon Dee.

Vermont Global-Warming March Demands Federal Legislative Action
Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben wrote "The End of Nature" in 1984, the first book about global warming for a popular audience. He's been working ever since to raise awareness of the issue, as greenhouse gas emissions have increased exponentially over the past two decades with virtually no action taken by Washington to address the problem. Where Washington has failed, cities and states have taken the initiative to cut back emissions from fossil fuels, promote energy conservation and increase the use of renewable energy. In that vein, McKibben organized a five-day walk across Vermont that spanned the Labor Day weekend.

Clearing air isn't all about global warming
California is leading the nation in legislation to regulate greenhouse gas pollutants, which has some industries in the state - including agriculture - nervous. It could also be a sign of things to come for the rest of the West Coast and the nation. Some are touting the bill to impose a cap on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, and reduce them 25 percent by 2020, as an effort to counter global warming. Critics, like Alan Caruba, of the Caruba Organization in South Orange, N.J., say it will be bad for business in California and is unnecessary because global warming is not actually happening. "California is about to commit eco-suicide and wants the rest of the nation to join it," Caruba writes in a Sept. 4 column on AXcessNews.com.