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Maybe we'll save the Grand Canyon after all.

The Guardian UK is reporting that James Hansen, self-professed leading climate scientists is going to speak before congress.

1sky.org reports that Congress is considering the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and Green Jobs Act. A link is provided to help voice your support for this legislation to Congress.

Diane VanDe Hei, Executive Director, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, is interviewed about the impacts of climate change on water supply and efforts to include measures that address water supply in the Climate Security Act.

Senator Lieberman describes the process of bringing the Climate Security Act to the Senate floor, and the need for the measure on environmental, economic and national security grounds. The legislation would establish a national cap-and-trade system to regulate carbon emissions.

Senator Cardin speaks on the economic and energy independence benefits of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act bill.

WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2008 (ENS) - Congress will consider climate change legislation in a variety of forms next week when legislators return to Washington. Both House and Senate have bills to work with and changes to measures previously introduced.

- Chistian Loriau

Senator Jeff Bingaman delivers a speech on the Senate floor pointing out the flaws in the Senate Republican energy proposal and calling instead for bipartisan support of a plan to put more oil on the market.The Senate is to vote on a Republican plan that would, among other things, open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling. In his speech, however, Bingaman says that there are millions of acres yet to be leased in areas poised for drilling. And, he says, millions of other acres have been leased, but no drilling has yet occurred.

Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act — and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.

Senator Nelson argues that drilling in environmentally sensitive areas is not a remedy for rising fuel prices.

Senator Grassley rebuts the argument that ethanol and corn farmers are to blame for rising food prices. He says increased oil prices play a role.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) renews his effort to take a new look at combating global climate change. In his speech to the Senate, Barrassostresses the importance of developing technology to remove existing excess green houses gases from the atmosphere andpermanently sequester them. The "Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act," or GEAR Act, will establish an award system for scientists andresearchers.

Chairman Markey's closing statement at "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" hearing in which he calls onPresident Bush to use oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset rising fuel prices.

Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee, discusses the solutions Democrats haveoffered for rising gasoline prices, and denounces Republican efforts to block them.