Sign-on Letters

Joint Statement on State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Vote for International Climate Funding Budget

NRDC, EDF, NWF, UCS, and Sierra Club react to House Appropriations Committee's SFO Subcomittee bill that would provide increased funding for international initiatives to confront global warming.

Climate & Development Network Tunis Declaration (French)

The representatives of the nearly 40 French and African NGOs that comprise the Climate and Development Network met in Tunis May 25-27 2009 to strategize for Copenhagen.

Climate & Development Network Tunis Declaration (English)

The representatives of the nearly 40 French and African NGOs that comprise the Climate and Development Network met in Tunis May 25-27 2009 to strategize for Copenhagen.

Letter to Senate Energy and Nat. Resources on Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA)

17 organizations signed-on to this letter urging Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee members to require Congressional authority for loan guarantees, cap the amount any one technology can receive, and ensure the program priotizies technologies that reduce carbon emissions cost-effectively.

Repay the Climate Debt: A Just and Effective Outcome for Copenhagen

Joint statement from worldwide development, environment, and social justice groups at Bonn U.N. Negotiations.

Letter to Waxman, Markey, Peterson on Biofuels Definition in RFS

A June 10, 2009 letter from 19 organizations to Rep. Waxman, Rep. Markey, and Rep. Peterson in support of the inclusion of emissions from indirect land-use change in the lifecycle of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).

Ceres "Competing By Leading" Open Letter to President Obama and Congress

CERES open letter ad that ran June 10 in the Wall Street Journal, urging the passage of climate legislation.

Sign-on Letter to Speaker Pelosi on Biofuels Impact on Hunger

A June 9, 2009 letter from 13 organizations urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to oppose any weakening of the Renewable Fuels Standard's definition of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels.

Sign-on Letter to Pelosi on ACES

Twenty organizations signed on to this letter calling for a tougher renewables mandate and telling Pelosi to reject weakening amendments.

Letter From Environmental Community to Speaker Pelosi

On June 8, American Rivers, Clean Water Action, Climate Solutions, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Justice, Environment America, International Forum on Globalization, League of Conservation Voters, League of Women Voters, National Audubon Society, National Parks Conservation Association, National Resource Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, Oxfam, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wilderness Society, and World Wildlife Fund sign on to show support for the maintenance and strengthening of ACES bill.

Letter to the House in opposition of the Terry Amendment

On behalf of our millions of members and activists, we strongly urge you to oppose the Terry amendment (#042) and any other attempts to weaken the Renewable Fuel Standard’s provisions for a full life-cycle accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels (including emissions from indirect land-use change). The EPA rulemaking process already includes a formal reviewer process, so the Terry Amendment is unnecessary and just risks opening the door to frivolous lawsuits.

Letter to Representatives in opposition to any attempt to weaken the Renewable Fuel Standard’s definition of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels

opposition to any attempt to weaken the Renewable Fuel Standard’s definition of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels

Letter to Waxman, Barton on Definition of Lifecycle Emissions from Biofuels

A May 19, 2009 letter from 21 organizations to Rep. Waxman and Rep. Barton opposing any weakening of the Renewable Fuel Standard's definition of the life cycle of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels.

Letter to Chairmen Waxman and Markey: May 18, 2009

A letter from Environmental Defense Fund to Chairmen Waxman and Markey in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

NRDC: Letter in Support of ACES

A letter to Representatives in Congress from Natural Resources Defense Council in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

Avoided Deforestation Partners Unity Agreement

Consensus principles urging the U.S. to take the lead domestically and internationally to end global deforestation to help solve the climate crisis.

Cost of Inaction Letter

A letter dropped on the Hill addressing the cost of not taking action on energy and climate issues.

Environmental Groups' Letter to Congress on ACES

19 environmental groups write a joint letter to members of the House of Representative urging their support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), HR 2454, introduced by Chairman Henry Waxman on May 15, 2009.

Letter to CA Air Resources Board on Biofuels and Land Use

Hundreds of scientists and economists signed on to this letter recommending that Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board includes indirect land use change in the lifecycle analysis of carbon emissions from biofuels.

Letter From Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative States on ACES

A letter on ACES to Representatives Waxman and Markey from the Governors of the ten RGGI states.

Sign-on Letter to Rep. Waxman from Fellow Congressmen Urging Adaptation Financing and & GHG Reduction in Developing Countries

Twenty-three members of congress signed-on to a letter urging House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman to support international financing and emissions reductions for developing countries.

Reilly Letter to Rep. John Boehner on Climate Leg. Costs

Letter from John Reilly of the MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Climate Change to the Republic House Leader correcting a National Republican Congressional Committee press release on climate science.

Sign-on Letter to Congressional Leaders on Climate Science

A March 23, 2009 letter to Congressional leadership on the scientific urgency of curbing climate change. Signed on by a number of prominent climate scientists.

Letter to Senators asking them to safeguard the definition of biomass in RFS

On behalf of our millions of members, activists, and supporters we urge you to oppose Senator Thune and Tester’s recently introduced bill to amend the Clean Air Act, S. 636. By replacing the current definition of renewable biomass in the Renewable Fuels Standard, S. 636 would roll back critical environmental safeguards that protect important wildlife habitat, at risk forests and grasslands, and our federal forests. These provisions are an essential part of sound biofuels policy and help keep the Energy Bill’s 36 billion gallon biofuels mandate from resulting in even more harm than good.

Letter from 47 NGOs to Senators in Opposition to S 636

A March 27, 2009 letter from 47 NGOs urging Senators to oppose a bill (S. 636) amendment to the Clean Air Act proposed by Senator Thune. The letter argues that the amendment would roll back critical Renewable Fuel Standard safeguards that protect natural ecosystems.