US groups call on Obama to support Earth Summit in 2012

Rio
Date: 
September 30, 2009

Twelve organizations, including CitNet, sent a letter to President Obama requesting enthusiastic support for the UN proposal to hold an Earth Summit in Brazil in 2012. Spearheaded by NRDC, the letter calls for a 2012 Earth Summit as an opportunity "to catalyze actions worldwide to build a new green global prosperity."

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