Climate change (Guardian Unlimited) Tony Blair has probably done more than any other world leader to get climate change on the global to-do list. He recognised the scale of the challenge and called for urgent action based on the best scientific advice. He went so far as to label global warming the greatest long-term problem we face. [News Source]

U.N. envoys seek input on climate change (AP via Yahoo! News) Three U.N. special envoys will be soliciting the views of world leaders on tackling climate change to help Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepare for a June meeting of major industrialized nations and decide whether to hold a high-level U.N. event on global warming in September. [News Source]

Global warming issue heats up on Capitol Hill (MSNBC) WASHINGTON - Global warming was impossible to avoid on Capitol Hill Wednesday, with a trio of hearings on the consequences or cures for climate change. [News Source]

Climate change heats Capitol Hill (USA Today) Global warming was impossible to avoid on Capitol Hill Wednesday, with a trio of hearings on the consequences or cures for climate change and another on the related question of endangered wildlife. [News Source]

Climate change not behind bushfires: PM (Whyalla News) Prime Minister John Howard has poured cold water on debate linking Australia's extreme bushfires with climate change. Announcing a $61.2 million funding packaging to fight bushfires, Mr Howard said global warming was not solely to blame for the summer's scorching blazes. [News Source]

Wash.’s Kreidler Testifies before Congress on Climate Change (Insurance Journal) Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler testified before the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on how insurance is impacted by climate change and what's nee [News Source]