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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: White House sued over global warming |
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White House sued over global warming By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer
Tue Nov 14, 9:46 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists sued the Bush administration Tuesday for failing to produce a report on global warming's impact on the country's environment, economy and public health.
The plaintiffs claim the government must complete such a report every four years under the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The plaintiffs say the last report was due in November 2004.
The lawsuit seeks to compel the U.S. Climate Change Science Program to issue the national assessment, which should contain the most recent scientific data on global warming and projections for its future impacts.
Without the report, decision makers and the public "are without one of the most important tools to grapple with this complex, potentially overwhelming and
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_lawsuit |
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