Senators Urge Powell To Allow Independent Release Of Arctic Greenhouse Gas Report

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing Secretary of State Colin Powell to allow the stand-alone release of a key international report recommending policies to mitigate the effects of climate change on the Arctic. The group, including Senate science committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), is asking Powell to ensure that the report is presented to foreign ministers of the seven-nation Arctic Council later this year in stand-alone form after State Department officials sought...