Groups Sue Bush Administration for Violating Climate Change Act [View All]

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Nov. 17 – A coalition of environmental groups sued the Bush administration this week for disregarding a congressional order to assess the impact of global warming.

Congress required the assessment under the Global Change Research Act of 1990.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth filed the suit in a US District Court in California on Tuesday. The suit argues that the federal government is more than two years late in submitting a national assessment analyzing the effects of climate change on various environmental, economic and social systems.

The law, which mandates a national assessment at least every four years, also requires an analysis of both human-induced and natural trends in global climate change.

Plaintiffs say the failure to produce this assessment impairs decision-makers’ ability to create policies that address climate change.

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