AFP - Flash floods triggered by heavy rain and snow killed eight people in Indian Kashmir, washing away houses and closing highways, police said Wednesday.

AFP - Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus has challenged the science behind global warming and compared "ambitious environmentalism" to communism in testimony to the US Congress released on Wednesday.

Reuters - Findings of a U.S. government study that would help pave the way for the sale of milk and meat from cloned animals was "flawed" and failed to adequately check for possible side-effects, a consumer group said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Thirty-three states have informally agreed to create a registry for companies and organizations to log early actions on cutting output of gases linked to global warming -- and possibly get credit for them if future limits on the gases are passed -- state officials said.

AP - The former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignment.

Reuters - Some of the world's leading meteorologists said on Wednesday they had no doubt that humans were responsible for global warming.

AFP - Holidaymakers may be ruining their favourite destinations through pollution and greenhouse gases, making the tourism industry one of the world's worst polluters, experts say.

Reuters - Repairing damage to a space-shuttle fuel tank from a freak hailstorm probably will push the next launch of Atlantis from April to mid-May, NASA planning documents show.

AFP - Here are six tips from "moose whisperer" Rick Sinnott, the management biologist for the Alaska department of fish and game, in case you should stumble upon a moose.