Statements on the Substitute Amendment

Statements from NGOs and others on the substitute amendment to the Climate Security Act that was released on 5/21/08

Wilderness Society statement on substitute

Wilderness Society Congratulates Senators Boxer, Warner and Lieberman on Climate Legislation Adaptation Funding Critical for Nation’s Wild Public Lands

20 Group statement on substitute

20 NGOs released a joint statement upon the release of the substitute amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act on 5/21/08

Greenpeace statement on substitute

America's Climate Security Act misses the mark: avoiding catastrophic climate change

Friends of the Earth statement on substitute

Money shifts in good ways and bad, but bill gets worse on most basic test: whether it does what scientists say we must to avoid catastrophic warming

EDF statement on substitute

Statement by EDF National Climate Campaign Director Steve Cochran on the manager’s amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act

Oxfam America statement on substitute

Oxfam reaction to new climate change legislation

US Conference of Mayors statement

Mayors Urge Senate to Pass Climate Security Act

Environment America statement on substitute

Statement of Emily Figdor, Environment America’s Federal Global Warming Program Director, on Senate Global Warming Bill

TNC letter to Boxer, Lieberman, and Warner

Letter from The Nature Conservancy regarding the substitute amendment