Lawmakers: Climate Opinions Shifting
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By Peter Urban, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 5--WASHINGTON -- After years of resistance, Congress may be on the  verge of addressing global warming, according to two Connecticut proponents of  legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   Sen. Joe Lieberman and Rep.
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Climate change is in the news again, with the Senate having held hearings and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change having issued its fourth five-year report in Paris.  It makes us wonder whether more worrywarts will be propelled by guilt into buying absolution.
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Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, D.C. Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the severity of the threat.
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Scientists will step into a feud between Washington and its allies over global warming at a British-sponsored meeting this week.
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A leading climatologist explains why he and other experts on global warming have decided to move beyond doing science to pushing for action to cut greenhouse gases.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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The Democratic chairman of a House panel examining the government's response to climate change said Tuesday there is evidence that senior Bush administration officials sought repeatedly "to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of global warming."
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Scientists who seek an alternative to the fossil-fuel theory got a Senate hearing this week.
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U.S. scientists were pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit the Bush administration's skepticism, in some cases at the behest of a former oil-industry lobbyist, a congressional committee heard on Tuesday.
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Supporters of limits on greenhouse gases are betting that the road to U.S. climate-change legislation runs through China.
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Government departments are "taking a cavalier approach" to the environmental impact of building projects, MPs say.
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Scholars from different disciplines are crossing lines to share ideas about reducing the threat of climate change.
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Condoleezza Rice and others cite a new climate, but some say Friday's meeting has more to do with political motivations.
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A bill to crank up penalties for the nation's most polluted air regions &#151; both in California &#151; was introduced Thursday in the Senate by Congress' biggest skeptic of global warming.
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While the major presidential candidates agree global warming is real, the Republicans are sharply divided over what to do about it Â even as they chase votes in Florida, where the predicted risk of rising sea waters and more severe storms is anything but a passing concern.
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In terms of climate change, the weather matters a lot less than how people respond to it.
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As the climate debate shifts away from the blame game, there's a growing interest in climate-action strategy.