Global Warming in the News

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Global Warming News Wednesday January 31st 2007

Lawmakers hear global warming 'spin' allegations
(USA Today: Tue, 30 Jan) Federal scientists have been pressured by the White House to play down global warming, advocacy groups testified Tuesday at the Democrats' first investigative hearing since taking control of Congress.

Global warming issue gains 'traction' with new Congress
(USA Today: Tue, 30 Jan) After years of being on Congress' back burner, global warming will be a focus of the new Democratic majority trying to follow cities and states that have tackled the issue. The Senate will hold its first global warming hearing of the year Tuesday.

US lawmakers call for long-overdue action on global warming
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 30 Jan) US lawmakers called for an end to American complacency over global warming as the new Democratic-controlled Congress weighed measures to reduce greenhouse gases.

Chairman: Bush officials misled public on global warming
(CNN.com: Tue, 30 Jan) WASHINGTON (AP) - 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."

In deepest Antarctica, a testbed for global warming
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 30 Jan) As top scientists meet in the comfort of Paris to hammer out a major report on climate change, a handful of their confreres hunkered down on a frozen plateau in the middle of Antarctica painstakingly gather warning signs of global warming.

Groups allege pressure on global warming
(AP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 30 Jan) Two private advocacy groups told a congressional hearing Tuesday that climate scientists at seven government agencies say they have been subjected to political pressure aimed at downplaying the threat of global warming.

Art Levine: Bush's New Order: Recipe for More Global Warming-Style Cover-Ups
(HuffingtonPost: Wed, 31 Jan) Rep. Henry Waxman held important hearings today on the Bush administration's interference with government research on global warming, but there hasn't been enough attention in the coverage of the Waxman hearings about a related development: President Bush's new executive order designed to place regulatory agencies under even stronger Bush administration pro-business control. If you read ...

Major Global Warming Report Due Friday
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 30 Jan) The Eiffel Tower's 20,000 flashing light bulbs will go dark for five minutes on Thursday evening, hours before scientists and officials publish a long-awaited report about global warming.

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