Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill

Friends of the Earth issued a statement criticizing the Kerry-Boxer draft climate bill, arguing that it contains significant loopholes and insufficient emissions targets to effectively combat climate change.

• Friends of the Earth opposes the Kerry-Boxer draft climate bill on the grounds that it is "riddled with loopholes" and fails to provide a sufficient U.S. contribution to global emissions reductions. Specifically, the organization notes that while science requires a 40% reduction in emissions compared to 1990 by 2020, the draft bill only targets reductions of approximately 20 percent below 2005 levels.
• The organization identifies several critical flaws in the draft bill, including the use of up to 2 billion tons of "unreliable offsets" per year, the lack of mandatory methane regulations for landfills, coal mines, and natural gas pipelines, and the creation of a complex commodities market without specific regulations.
• Friends of the Earth criticizes the bill for providing special subsidies to technologies they characterize as expensive, unsafe, and environmentally damaging, specifically naming nuclear reactors, carbon capture and sequestration, and capture for coal plants, as well as providing ambiguous incentives for biofuels.

APA

Pica, E. (2009). Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2009-09-friends-of-the-earth-statement-on-the-kerry-boxer-dr/

Chicago

Pica, Erich. Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill. Friends of the Earth, 2009. https://foe.org/news/2009-09-friends-of-the-earth-statement-on-the-kerry-boxer-dr/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{pica2009friends, author = {Pica, Erich}, title = {{Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2009}, month = sep, url = {https://foe.org/news/2009-09-friends-of-the-earth-statement-on-the-kerry-boxer-dr/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }