Kahului, Hawaii: 2009 record low beats 2008 record low

KAHULUI - If it felt really cold on Monday, you were right, as a record low temperature of 51 degrees was set at Kahului Airport on Monday, beating the old mark of 53 degrees for Feb. 23 set at the airport in 2008, according to the National Weather Service.

AFP: After Obama appeal, Congress renews efforts on climate change

Levi said several energy initiatives in the works are getting lukewarm reception from some lawmakers, particularly those representing coal-producing states averse to punishing restrictions on their energy production.

"It would be very embarrassing for the president to try and fail in advance of Copenhagen," where Washington is expected to aggressively take up the fight on global warming after inaction by the previous administration, Levi told AFP.

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One of the four scientists who testified, physics professor William Happer of Princeton University, openly challenged the IPCC's conclusions and told the committee that the increase in carbon gases "is not a cause for alarm and will be good for mankind."