Court Rebukes Bush Administation on Global Warming

Groups Say Administration Suppressed Climate Change Findings

By CLAYTON SANDELL

Aug. 21, 2007 —

A federal court today issued a harsh rebuke of the Bush administration for its failure to issue long-delayed reports assessing the impacts and consequences of global warming in the United States.

The judge in the case set a spring deadline for administration officials to comply.

Plaintiffs in the case say the Bush administration has been suppressing two reports intended to serve as a unifying guide for Congress and federal agencies on global warming threats and scientific research priorities.