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Global Warming News Friday February 9th 2007

Global warming tussles boil at White House, Capitol
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Thu, 08 Feb) Global warming tussles erupted on Thursday on Capitol Hill and at the White House, where the top spokesman was grilled about U.S. President George W. Bush's early stance on the causes of climate change.

Global warming a hot topic in Washington
(International Herald Tribune: Thu, 08 Feb) Since the current session began last month, lawmakers have introduced more than 10 bills addressing global warming. Several committees have scheduled hearings, including two yesterday and another today . And former vice president Al Gore, whose Oscar-nominated film "An Inconvenient Truth" has drawn millions of moviegoers, is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill next month.

Pelosi: Expect House global-warming bill by July
(Denver Post: Fri, 09 Feb) The House should pass legislation on global warming by July, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday as she amplified a growing congressional drumbeat on the issue.

Exxon Says Action Needed Now to Combat Global Warming
(Update2: Thu, 08 Feb) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) - International efforts are urgently needed to combat global warming and prevent ``serious'' damage to the environment and economy, said Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest oil refiner.

Draft report notes global warming poses threat to human health, lives
(Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News: Fri, 09 Feb) _ Global warming is posting a threat not just to nature but also to human health and lives, seen in the increasing number of deaths caused by heat waves and the proliferation of allergy symptoms among people, according to a report recently drafted by a multilateral panel on climate change.

Key players react to the IPCC global warming report
(The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News: Thu, 08 Feb) On February 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finalized what it calls a "comprehensive and rigorous picture" of current knowledge of global warming. The report concluded that the fact of global warming is "unequivocal," that it is "very likely" caused by human activity, and that the Earth's average surface temperature will probably rise by 3.2 degrees F to 7.2 degrees F in this ...

Scientists' testimony raises the curtain on Congress' global warming debate
(Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: Fri, 09 Feb) The United States has to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050 and mandatory restrictions are the only way to do it, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the House Science and Technology Committee on Thursday. It was first time in recent history that a House speaker testified before a House committee. Pelosi plans to form a select committee on global warming and energy independence. Pelosi spoke ...

Gore to speak about global warming at OU
(NewsChannel 10 Amarillo: Fri, 09 Feb) NORMAN, Okla. Former Vice President Al Gore will address the topic of global warming next month at the University of Oklahoma. O-U officials say Gore's lecture is set...

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