Global warming is already causing forest fires, snowpacks and droughts in the U.S. and is affecting hundreds of animal species. So says a report from the Dept. of Agriculture’s U.S. Climate Science Program. The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin quotes Richard Moss, the former head of the climate science program, who says the report marks the first time that the Bush administration has admitted the present impact of climate change. While the administration doesn’t deny global warming, as recently as last year they weren’t reporting its current effects. Read Eilperin here. MB

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