I wonder if Al will be able to tell us how the Earth is warming today

This morning the DC area is geting hit with snow and ice, and this hearing my be cancelled

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREAS.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLOWLY ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE MORNING... ALLOWING FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.




Gore highlights new US push on climate change
3 days ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Al Gore will exhort US lawmakers to renew US leadership on battling climate change next week, as "green" groups push for quick, sweeping action from President Barack Obama and a friendly Congress.

Gore will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday as Democrats -- who now control the White House and enjoy sizeable majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives -- seek to wield their new power.

"He understands the urgent need for American engagement and leadership on this issue. America must act decisively," ahead of December UN talks on the issue in Copenhagen, said Democratic Senator John Kerry, the panel's chairman.

Kerry "wanted to send a message that this is going to be a priority for the committee going forward this year. He wanted to set the tone, set the agenda," and get his colleagues' attention, said a committee staffer.

Gore's testimony comes as environmentalist groups hope for a 180-degree turn from what they, and much of the world, viewed as former president George W. Bush's foot-dragging approach on fighting global warming.

"We have something frankly we haven't had for eight years: Close, positive coordination between the White House and Congress," said Tony Kreindler, communications director for the Environmental Defense Fund.

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