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The Bush Administration is breaking a 1990 law that requires a quadrennial assessment of how climate change affects the United States, a lawsuit filed last week alleges. The last such assessment was published in 2000, and the Bush Administration says 21 specialized reports on climate topics follow the law's intent. The suit was filed by environmental groups in a northern California federal court. In a statement supporting the suit, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) condemned what he called the Administration's “foot-dragging.” A Kerry aide says that next year's Democratic majority in Congress may try to compel compliance through spending measures or new laws. “All options are on the table,” she says.
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