Statement in Response to Greenpeace’s Mount Rushmore Action

Friends of the Earth supports a Greenpeace action at Mount Rushmore to highlight the lack of U.S. leadership on the global climate crisis. The organization argues that President Obama's administration has not matched its rhetoric with action, citing weak emissions targets and a failure to provide climate finance to developing nations during international negotiations.

• Friends of the Earth criticizes the U.S. government's approach to the climate crisis, stating that President Obama must show greater leadership to unite nations in tackling the issue, noting that a recent House bill on climate destabilization was "very weak" and undermined the president's authority to regulate coal power plants under the Clean Air Act.
• The organization claims that the Obama administration's behavior at international talks, including meetings at the United Nations and the Major Economies Forum, mirrors the actions of the previous Bush administration by offering weak emissions reduction targets and failing to meet responsibilities for providing climate finance to developing nations.

APA

Blackwelder, B. (2009). Statement in Response to Greenpeace’s Mount Rushmore Action. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2009-07-statement-in-response-to-greenpeaces-mount-rushmore/

Chicago

Blackwelder, Brent. Statement in Response to Greenpeace’s Mount Rushmore Action. Friends of the Earth, 2009. https://foe.org/news/2009-07-statement-in-response-to-greenpeaces-mount-rushmore/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{blackwelder2009statement, author = {Blackwelder, Brent}, title = {{Statement in Response to Greenpeace’s Mount Rushmore Action}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2009}, month = jul, url = {https://foe.org/news/2009-07-statement-in-response-to-greenpeaces-mount-rushmore/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }