Response to Lieberman-Warner substitute

Friends of the Earth issued a statement criticizing the Lieberman-Warner substitute amendment, arguing that while it improves mass transportation funding and citizen rebates, it weakens emissions caps and fails to meet scientific requirements to avoid catastrophic warming.

• Friends of the Earth identifies mixed changes in the Lieberman-Warner substitute, noting improvements in mass transportation funding, citizen rebates, and funding for vulnerable countries, while criticizing the retention of hundreds of billions of dollars for the fossil fuel industry and cuts to renewable energy funding.
• The organization argues the substitute is fundamentally inadequate because new cost containment provisions and offsets language undermine emissions caps. According to EPA models, the bill only achieves a 25 percent reduction below 1990 levels by 2050, which is a 35 percent reduction from current levels, falling short of the scientific requirement to phase out global warming pollution almost completely by mid-century.

APA

Blackwelder, B. (2008). Response to Lieberman-Warner substitute. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2008-11-response-to-lieberman-warner-substitute/

Chicago

Blackwelder, Brent. Response to Lieberman-Warner substitute. Friends of the Earth, 2008. https://foe.org/news/2008-11-response-to-lieberman-warner-substitute/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Blackwelder |first1=Brent |title=Response to Lieberman-Warner substitute |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=19 November 2008 |url=https://foe.org/news/2008-11-response-to-lieberman-warner-substitute/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{blackwelder2008response, author = {Blackwelder, Brent}, title = {{Response to Lieberman-Warner substitute}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2008}, month = nov, url = {https://foe.org/news/2008-11-response-to-lieberman-warner-substitute/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }