Republicans frosty on Gore’s global warming warnings (CNN.com) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress Wednesday to plead with lawmakers to fight global warming with moral courage, while Gore revealed nothing about whether he'll join the 2008 presidential race. [News Source]

Gore Takes Global Warming Message to Congress (NPR) Al Gore takes his climate-change crusade to Congress, calling for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases in order to fight global warming. Speaking to the House Energy Committee and the Senate Environment Committee, the former vice president said, "The planet has a fever." [News Source]

Gore Takes Global Warming Fight To Capitol Hill (WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan) (CNN) -- It's been a day of showdowns on Capitol Hill. Former Vice President Al Gore took his new star status to congress to fight global warming. A little greyer, and with a new mission in life, Al Gore returned to Capitol Hill to testify before lawmakers about climate change. [News Source]

Al Gore issues lawmakers dire warning on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Former US vice president Al Gore, the politician-turned-environmentalist, issued a dire warning to Congress Wednesday insisting global warming was a "planetary emergency" and calling for action. [News Source]

Gore urges quick U.S. action to avert global warming catastrophe (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON Al Gore, a Democratic favorite for the presidency despite pronouncements that he's not running, spoke out on his signature issue Wednesday, warning of a "true planetary emergency" if Congress fails to act on global warming. In a return he described as emotional, Gore testified before House panels that it is not too late to deal with climate change "and we have everything we need to get ... [News Source]

Gore urges Congress to act on climate change (USA Today) Al Gore returned today to the Congress where he once served, touting new ideas for attacking global warming and taking questions from some of his biggest supporters and most persistent critics. [News Source]

Meteorologists say sure humans cause climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Some of the world's leading meteorologists said on Wednesday they had no doubt that humans were responsible for global warming. [News Source]

Gore: It’s Not Too Late To Address Climate Change (KDKA Pittsburgh) Al Gore, an early global warming prophet and a Democratic favorite for the presidency despite pronouncements that he's not running, spoke out on his signature issue Wednesday, telling Congress that climate change poses a crisis that threatens civilization. [News Source]

Gore: It’s Not Too Late To Address Climate Change (WCBS-TV New York)

Al Gore, an early global warming prophet and a Democratic favorite for the presidency despite pronouncements that he’s not running, spoke out on his signature issue Wednesday, telling Congress that climate change poses a crisis that threatens civilization.

Capitol momentum seen on climate change (Chicago Tribune) The fight against global warming is getting an extra push from lobbyists and lawmakers in a series of efforts aimed at spurring Congress to act to reverse the negative trend of climate change. [News Source]

Moderate Republicans don’t make global warming panel (The Springfield News-Leader) Washington -- House Republican Leader John Boehner would have appointed Rep. Wayne Gilchrest to the bipartisan Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming -- but only if the Maryland Republican would say humans are not causing climate change, Gilchrest said. [News Source]