A Missed Opportunity

Friends of the Earth expresses strong opposition to a comprehensive climate change bill that passed a congressional committee on May 21, 2009, arguing that the legislation is insufficient to prevent catastrophic global warming and favors corporate polluters over the public interest.

• Friends of the Earth opposes the climate change legislation passed by a congressional committee on May 21 because it fails to set pollution reduction targets high enough to prevent the catastrophic effects of global warming.
• The organization criticizes the bill for providing hundreds of billions of dollars in handouts to corporate polluters, such as Shell Oil, while shifting the costs of the clean energy transition to ordinary citizens.
• The legislation is viewed as flawed due to the inclusion of massive offset loopholes that delay pollution reductions and the allowance for Wall Street traders to manipulate new carbon markets, which could lead to volatile energy prices.

APA

Fox, A. (2009). A Missed Opportunity. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/blog/2009-06-a-missed-opportunity/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. A Missed Opportunity. Friends of the Earth, 2009. https://foe.org/blog/2009-06-a-missed-opportunity/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Fox |first1=Audrey |title=A Missed Opportunity |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=1 June 2009 |url=https://foe.org/blog/2009-06-a-missed-opportunity/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{fox2009missed, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{A Missed Opportunity}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2009}, month = jun, url = {https://foe.org/blog/2009-06-a-missed-opportunity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }