Global Warming: Fact Or Fiction? (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The latest: There is mounting evidence of human-caused global warming and the future looks bleak, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What's happening now: The report, to be released in four phases, notes that the world's global average temperature has risen about 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit from 1901 to 2005. The two warmest years on record for the world ... [News Source]

Global warming bubbles to the surface in Davos (AFP via Yahoo! News) An exceptionally mild and barren first half of winter in the Swiss Alps is helping to fuel growing concern about climate change at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum beginning on Wednesday. [News Source]

Global Warming Becomes Hot Button Issue (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News) Gov. Deval Patrick made global warming a campaign priority, and President George W. Bush will speak about it in Tuesday's State of the Union Address. [News Source]

US chief executives urge Bush to tackle global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some of corporate America's largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, urged US President George W. Bush and Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Efforts to Curb Climate Change Hampered (Scoop.co.nz) A lack of global leadership on climate change, stemming from an unwarranted fear of economic hardship, is seriously hampering efforts to combat global warming, the top United Nations official dealing with the issue has warned. [News Source]

Storm Hits Over Climate Expert’s Global Warming Comments (Fox News) Weather Channel climate expert defends her recent comments that ignited the weather community after she posted a blog entry that TV weather forecasters skeptical about predictions of man-made global warming should lose their certification. [News Source]

Big US firms urge Bush to tackle global warming (AFP/File via Yahoo! News) Some of corporate America's largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, urged US President George W. Bush and the Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Map shows global warming at a glance (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange) Scientists have drawn up a 'climate change map' that charts how global warming will hit different parts of the world over the next century. [News Source]

Big US firms urge Bush to tackle global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some of corporate America's largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, have urged US President George W. Bush and the Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Global Warming: the Final Verdict (Common Dreams News Center) Global Warming: the Final Verdict [News Source]

Big US firms urge Bush to tackle global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some of corporate America's largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, urged US President George W. Bush and the Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming. [News Source]