Alternative Energy - The Environment - Politics
Gore Returns to Capitol Hill a Hero and a Target
Skeptics of Global Warming Hope to Test the Former Vice President's Mettle
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 21, 2007; Page A06
Al Gore wowed moviegoers and Hollywood elites with his Oscar-winning documentary on global warming. Today he faces a far tougher audience in Congress.
The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee will testify about the urgency of addressing climate change in two appearances on Capitol Hill before panels that include skeptics of the sort that Gore probably hasn't met on the red carpet.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Coal's future clouded by global warming debate
Coal's future clouded by global warming debate
by Rob Lever
Sun Mar 18, 5:23 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions.
Some experts say coal can still play an important role with new technology being developed to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions underground.
But environmental activists, who have long seen coal as the biggest culprit in global warming emissions, cite an urgent need for incentives to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants.
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by Rob Lever
Sun Mar 18, 5:23 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions.
Some experts say coal can still play an important role with new technology being developed to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions underground.
But environmental activists, who have long seen coal as the biggest culprit in global warming emissions, cite an urgent need for incentives to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Global-Warming Panel Has the Power of the Hot Seat
Global-Warming Panel Has the Power of the Hot Seat
By Lois Romano
The Washington Post
Thursday, March 15, 2007; Page A17
Ed Markey is all about props today, moving from a 30-year-old framed news clipping about global warming to a stark chart about oil dependence to the gigantic world map dominating the wall over his office sofa.
"I think we can visit Greenland -- take the members there to look at it," the Massachusetts Democrat is saying like a man who was just handed $1.7 million to travel the world, which in fact is pretty close to the deal. "You can see in Greenland . . . that if the huge sheet of ice -- huge, massive sheet of ice melts, that the consequences are quite catastrophic."
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By Lois Romano
The Washington Post
Thursday, March 15, 2007; Page A17
Ed Markey is all about props today, moving from a 30-year-old framed news clipping about global warming to a stark chart about oil dependence to the gigantic world map dominating the wall over his office sofa.
"I think we can visit Greenland -- take the members there to look at it," the Massachusetts Democrat is saying like a man who was just handed $1.7 million to travel the world, which in fact is pretty close to the deal. "You can see in Greenland . . . that if the huge sheet of ice -- huge, massive sheet of ice melts, that the consequences are quite catastrophic."
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