Gore to Pensions: Fight Global Warming (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Global warming is a long-term threat that warrants concern by long-term investors such as pension funds, former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday. [News Source]

Cost a concern in global warming hearings (WTHR Indianapolis) Washington, DC - How much will Hoosiers pay to deal with global warming? The heat is on for action in Congress, and for electric power companies who may feel the jolt of climate change in their businesses. [News Source]

Are we to believe latest global warming report? (AG Weekly) The UN Climate Change panel is asserting — again — that humans are overheating the planet. Again, they have no evidence to support their claim — but they want the U.S. to cut its energy use by perhaps 80 percent just in case. [News Source]

Japan aims to lead post-Kyoto climate change fight (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japan aims to play a leading role in the post-Kyoto battle on global warming and will seek the full engagement of the United States and China, the world's top two polluters, officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Sea Change in Public Attitudes Toward Global Warming Emerge; Climate Change Seen as Big a Threat as Terrorism (Yale University) New Haven, Conn. — A new Yale research survey reveals a significant shift in public attitudes toward the environment and global warming. [News Source]

China Pledges To Strengthen Efforts To Combat Global Warming (Logistics Management) BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel promoted Europe's ambitious plans to combat climate change in talks with China's premier, who pledged that his country would increase its own efforts, Merkel's office said Tuesday. [News Source]

US Congress requested Czech president’s opinion on global warming (EARTHtimes.org) Prague - The US Congress is set Wednesday to hear opinions on climate change from global-warming denier Czech President Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president's spokesman Petr Hajek confirmed Tuesday. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce invited Klau... [News Source]

Hub firm leads pact on global warming (Boston Globe) WASHINGTON -- In another major push by businesses for federal action on global warming, dozens of institutional investors managing a combined $4 trillion in assets -- led by a Boston investment firm specializing in environmental issues -- yesterday urged Congress to draft and pass strict laws to curb greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Global-warming deniers feeling the heat (Denver Post) The drumbeat of skepticism over global warming has been oddly muted in the weeks since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its summary report in February. [News Source]

Editing of global warming report under question (BG News) WASHINGTON - A former White House official accused of improperly editing reports on global warming defended his editing changes yesterday, saying they reflected views in a 2001 report by the National Academy of Sciences. House Democrats said the 181 changes made in three climate reports reflected a consistent attempt to emphasize the uncertainties surrounding the science of climate change and ... [News Source]