http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_...G7.NZxIWx4E1vAI A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to issue two scientific reports on global warming, siding with environmentalists who sued the White House for failing to produce the documents. U.S. District Court Judge Saundra Armstrong ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration had violated a 1990 law when it failed to meet deadlines for an updated U.S. climate change research plan and impact assessment.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 22 2007, 09:37 AM) [snapback]500250[/snapback]</div> I guess the white-out hasn't dried yet.
Assessment reports every four years since 1990? Think of what we could've really accomplished in 17 years if we engaged in something other than assessing the resulting events that arose from our complacency on the matter. What do those reports say and what is the policy shift resulting from same, if anything? That's what I'd like to know.
What do these two lines mean? "Federal law calls for an updated plan every three years, she said. The last one was issued in 2003." and "The last one was issued by the Clinton administration in 2000."
It looks like the administration is required to produce a "research plan" every three years and a "national assessment" every four years. The last research plan was issued in 2003, while the last assessment was issued in 2000. That's how I read this anyway.
