The Great Climate Flip-flop - Could Global Warming lead to Global Cooling? Warming could lead, paradoxically, to drastic cooling -- a catastrophe that could threaten the survival of civilization. Atlantic Monthly. Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock - Atlantic Monthly U.S. to Withdraw from Kyoto Global Warming Treaty - The Bush administration plans to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told reporters on March 27. U.S. Proposes New Strategy to Fight Global Warming - New York Times article on the U.S. proposal that countries get as much credit for using forests and farmers' fields to sop up carbon dioxide, the chief warming gas, as they would for cutting emissions from smokestacks and tail pipes. Arctic Shortcut Worries Canadians - New York Times article on the possible pressures faced by Canada's Northwest Passage due to global warming. New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding) - New York Times article stating that scientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases. Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate - New York Times article reports that changes in the Pacific Ocean are making it more likely that winter weather in much of the U.S. will exhibit unusual warmth alternating with sharp cold. Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases - A review of market based initiatives to combat global warming, including tradeable permits and carbon taxes. Destructive Storms Drive Insurance Losses Up - Will Taxpayers Have to Bail Out Insurance Industry? - Scientists now believe that rising global temperatures may exacerbate extreme weather events, leading to increased damages in the decades ahead. [WorldWatch Institute] Civilization - Use It or Lose It - Audio conversation with William Calvin about rapid global climate changes. Includes related links. Climate Change News - News portal provides links to the latest news on climate change. InsideClimate News - Non-profit, non-partisan coverage of environmental and climate change topics. Articles and multimedia. FluorideAlert.org: Potent and Rare Greenhouse Gas Identified - Article on rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic fluoride that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases. Climate Central - News articles, blogs, reports, infographics, and videos covering climate change.