The Australian state of New South Wales is set to be the site of the world's largest wind farm. Plans for wind farms elsewhere have often hit roadblocks because of criticism that the turbines spoil the landscape. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with a local business owner in New South Wales who says the locals love the idea.

Rob Schmitz reports on the growing US demand for natural gas from around the world. Some worry that could lead to a new US dependence on natural gas reserves in countries like Russia and Iran.

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The Earth has been warming up since the start of the industrial age. Conventional wisdom says the machines of modern life -- and the fuels that powered them -- began to change the climate. But one scientist has a theory that climate change began much, much earlier... as in thousands of years ago. Dan Grossman explains in our report.

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Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is touring India to spread awareness of environmental issues. Some say she's also spreading inspiration. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from the BBC's Tinku Ray in Delhi.

A new BBC poll conducted in 21 countries found that most people think it's critical to combat global warming now. That includes a majority in China. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.

President Bush is hosting a meeting on global warming in Washington on Thursday. He's invited 15 "major emitter" countries, including China and India, to discuss ways to address climate change. But many experts question whether anything will come of the president's summit. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

The United Nations held a summit on climate change today in New York. Among the issues that were discussed was global deforestation. Some developing nations are proposing that rich nations like the United States pay them to protect their rainforests. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

Scientists say that chemicals that were introduced to deal with the hole in the ozone layer now turn out to have contributed to climate change. Anchor Marco Werman and Australia reporter Phil Mercer have more on the story.

For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for a city in the foothills of the Cariboo Mountains in Canada. The answer is Williams Lake, British Columbia. People in that part of Canada is hoping that this coming winter will be a frigid one. That's because a deep freeze is what's needed to kill off a tiny predator that's been eating away at their forest: the mountain pine beetle. The World's Andrea Crossan has more.

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