The signatories of the
letter include American Rivers, Center for International
Environmental Law, Citizens for Global Solutions, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Earthjustice,
Environmental Defense Fund, Environment America, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Native American Rights Fund, National Tribal
Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Population Action International, Population Connection, Rails - to - Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Eighteen groups, including Sierra Club, the
Environmental Defense Fund, and Natural
Resources Defense Council, signed an open
letter last week urging the president to take bolder action.
The Sierra Club, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the League of Conservation Voters and 41 other
environmental groups sent a
letter to Congress this week, asking them to oppose «fast track» trade promotion authority for upcoming trade agreements like the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP).
In a
letter sent to the president Thursday, the groups, which include Sierra Club, Natural
Resources Defense Council and the
Environmental Defense Fund, urge him to apply a strict climate test «to all decisions regarding new fossil fuel development.»