Global Warming Issue Heats Up Session
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By Kathie Durbin, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 12--Just when things seem to be settling into a routine and the flood of new bills (2,084 as of Friday) is slowing to a trickle, along comes global climate change.
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A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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U.S. policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change.
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The Weather Channel has seen its primary subject turn into a hot-button issue because of the topic of climate change.
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The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming.
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The Senate Commerce Committee hears testimony on the connection between greenhouse gases and climate changes. Many legislators want to take action, but the best course remains unclear. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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An inquiry into the impact of climate change is to get under way at the Scottish Parliament.
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Climate change, renewable energy and space exploration will be high on the agenda when scientists from around the world gather for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.
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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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An international report giving greater certainty to global warming will shift the debate in Congress from what's causing climate change to the economics of who will pay to confront it.
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With oil prices rising people are turning to wood heat, raising concerns about the environmental impact of some older devices that are being used.
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By Bart Jansen Washington D.C. correspondent  Congressional debate on climate change is heating up like the proverbial frog in boiling water. But whether the agitation will lead to action or just allow lawmakers to blow off steam is an open question.
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Delegates from the world's top polluting nations are meeting in Washington to discuss tackling climate change.
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Green lobbyists and several U.S. cities hope a lawsuit against U.S. development agencies will force the government to act on global warming, even though President Bush has long insisted there's no scientific proof linking human activity to warming.
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Amid a mounting sense of urgency about the need for action to slow climate change, President Bush this week will be playing what is, for him, an unusually prominent role in high-level diplomatic meetings on how to confront global warming.
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BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- As former Vice President Al Gore urged delegates here tonight to "go far, quickly" in reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming, international negotiators remained at an impasse over how to construct a road map leading to a worldwide climate agreement ...