Statement Responding to President Bushs Major Emitters Summit

Friends of the Earth-U.S. President Brent Blackwelder criticized President George Bush's 'major emitters' summit on global warming, arguing that the administration's voluntary approach and separate meetings sidetrack the United Nations process and isolate the United States.

• Brent Blackwelder of Friends of the Earth-U.S. asserts that President Bush's strategy for addressing global warming is ineffective, characterized by a lack of action and a voluntary approach that risks a global warming catastrophe.
• The document claims that President Bush is isolating the United States internationally by organizing separate meetings that undermine and sidetrack the United Nations framework for addressing global warming.

APA

Blackwelder, B. (2008). Statement Responding to President Bushs Major Emitters Summit. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-statement-responding-to-president-bushs-major-emitte/

Chicago

Blackwelder, Brent. Statement Responding to President Bushs Major Emitters Summit. Friends of the Earth, 2008. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-statement-responding-to-president-bushs-major-emitte/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Blackwelder |first1=Brent |title=Statement Responding to President Bushs Major Emitters Summit |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=28 October 2008 |url=https://foe.org/news/2008-10-statement-responding-to-president-bushs-major-emitte/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{blackwelder2008statement, author = {Blackwelder, Brent}, title = {{Statement Responding to President Bushs Major Emitters Summit}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2008}, month = oct, url = {https://foe.org/news/2008-10-statement-responding-to-president-bushs-major-emitte/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }