Letter Urging Obama to RSVP for Rio Covered in the Washington Post

By Amanda BowenMay 21, 20121 min read

Originally published on the CGS blog on May 21, 2012.

Today’s Washington Post featured a story about an organizational letter that GlobalSolutions.org, along with nearly two dozen other groups, sent to President Obama that urged him to attend the Rio+20 Earth Summit this June.

The letter read in part,”Your presence at this Summit would signal its critical importance to all Americans, demonstrate our country’s deep concern over urgent global issues that will inevitably affect our security and well-being, and highlight our nation’s determination to be a contender in the race to a low-carbon green economy.” To read the full letter, click here.

GlobalSolutions.org believes strong U.S. leadership at Rio+20 will spur other nations to commit to taking concrete action in preserving our planet for future generations.

If you think President Obama be a leader on sustainable development and attend Rio+20, sign our petition here.

Opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Citizens for Global Solutions.

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