Will This Hearing Take Place Today?

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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 :laugh2:

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
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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.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdwsB6MVaaKegyJAl0BvobAtvkOQ

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Yes, this hearing was held - and more of the same doom and gloom from Al Gore

To bad it was not 80 degrees outside with some haze :lol:


Gore: Earth in 'grave danger'

Former Vice President Al Gore told lawmakers Wednesday morning that the earth is in "grave danger" and that the nation must break its dependence on oil.

Mr. Gore said Congress must pass a cap and trade bill and increase tax breaks for renewable energy sources before going before the U.N. climate change conference this December to negotiate new carbon-reduction benchmarks.

"Climate change will be increasingly central to our foreign policy and national security, and it will be a focal point of this committee's efforts as well," said Sen. John Kerry, the committee chairman and the Democratic party's 2004 pick for president.

Since losing the 2000 presidential race, Mr. Gore has campaigned extensively for solutions to global warming. After Democrats retook control of the White House in November, Mr. Gore declined to return to public life choosing instead to continue his private work.

In prepared remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Gore urged quick passage of President Obama's stimulus package

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/28/gore-earth-grave-danger/