UN report to paint bleak picture of global warming (CBC) An authoratative report on global warming will say it is "very likely" - or 90 per cent certain - climate change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels, according to leaked drafts of the report. [News Source]

Harper promises to attend climate-change summit (CTV.ca) Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his support for a UN summit on global warming Wednesday as past musings about climate change came back to haunt him. [News Source]

Congress Investigation on Global Warming Heating Up (Bayou Buzz) The Bush administration has consistently misled the public about the threat of global warming, said scientists who testified yesterday before a US House committee hearing into political interference with climate change science. [News Source]

Lawmakers look at global warming (The Buffalo News) WASHINGTON - As 600 scientists meet this week in Paris to finalize the first worldwide assessment of the evidence on global warming in six years, lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday searched for a political consensus on how to address climate change. [News Source]

House, Senate target climate change / White House efforts to alter scientific reports draw rebuke (San Francisco Chronicle) The clash between the White House and Congress over climate change escalated Tuesday as House Democrats accused the administration of censoring scientific research on global warming and top senators pledged to pass mandatory limits on greenhouse gases despite... [News Source]

At Capitol, a new interest in global warming (Pioneer Press) Climate change appears to be finding solid footing at the Minnesota State Capitol. On Monday, another global-warming bill was introduced in the Legislature. On Tuesday, a half-dozen experts and religious leaders outlined their concerns about a warming planet to an unusual House-Senate committee gathering in the House chambers. Other legislative proposals are on the way. [News Source]

Has the White House interfered on global warming reports? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) More than 120 scientists across seven federal agencies say they have been pressured to remove references to "climate change" and "global warming" from a range of documents, including press releases and communications with Congress. Roughly the same number say appointees altered the meaning of scientific findings on climate contained in communications related to their research. [News Source]

Global warming hot topic in Congress (Sun-Sentinel) WASHINGTON · After years of languishing on Capitol Hill, efforts to curb global warming have picked up momentum, powered by a growing bipartisan belief that climate change can no longer be ignored. [News Source]

Capitol Hill pledges climate-change laws (Denver Post) Congress turned the spotlight on global warming Tuesday for the first time in six years, promising to pass legislation to address climate change by year's end. [News Source]

Climate change to roast Sydney, say scientists (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Sydney, Jan 31 (DPA) Sydney residents will have to cut water used by half if Australia's largest city is to survive the effects of climate change brought on by global warming, Australian scientists warned Wednesday. [News Source]

House, Senate target climate change / White House alterations of documents assailed (San Francisco Chronicle) The clash between the White House and Congress over climate change escalated Tuesday as House Democrats accused the administration of censoring scientific research on global warming and top senators pledged to pass mandatory limits on greenhouse gases despite... [News Source]