• Lease sale held in Gulf of Mexico.

• First half of 2008 coolest of last five years.

• Nations meet to talk climate in Ghana.

Reader support helps sustain our work. Donate today to keep our climate news free. All donations matched.

• Shareholder resolutions related to climate change doubled over last five years.

Grist thanks its sponsors. Become one.

To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. Here's How

• Five Midwest states violated air-pollution standards.

• Southwest getting less rain.