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Markey: Poznan's Flat Earth Retirement Party Bodes Well for 2009

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Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Chairman Ed Markey, 48-694-498-384 (Poland)

Markey: Poznan's Flat Earth Retirement Party Bodes Well for 2009

Developing Countries, EU, Others Make Progress as World Is Encouraged by Incoming Obama Administration

POZNAN, Poland (December 12, 2008) – As the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol concludes, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the author of the global warming bill with the strongest targets to date in Congress, issued the following statement:

"This climate conference will go down in history as the retirement party for the flat-earth society of the United States of America. The world is excitedly anticipating the first climate-friendly administration in eight years, and the U.S. Congress is ready to work with President-elect Obama to ensure that next year's negotiations will go down in history as a celebration of the re-birth of U.S. leadership and the salvation of the planet.

"Congressional leaders are ready to enact strong, bi-partisan legislation this year that will follow the science and lead our economy into a cleaner, more prosperous future. Our intention is to help President-elect Obama arrive in Copenhagen next year in a position of strength where the U.S. is again a leader."

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