http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-warming30-2008may30,0,4571589.story

The White House has joined the climate change movement. After a U.S. District Court ruled that the White House comply with the 1990 Global Change Research Act in August, the administration now concludes that climate change is indeed caused by greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion. For years, environmentalists have accused the administration of downplaying the impact of climate change, but Bush's top science advisor has just released a report admitting that climate change is real, which shows a shift in the administration's views.

"This report represents a stark shift in what the administration has been saying since 2001," said Philip Clapp, deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group.

However, Sharon Hays, deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the report did not represent a changed assessment but "a rolling up of a whole bunch of reports on the science, showing that climate change is primarily caused by human activity of the last 50 years.

The 271-page report comes as the Senate schedules debate over climate change legislation in the upcoming week.

Los Angeles Times: May 30, 2008

Submitted by: M. Lamarre