Inhofe Puts Spotlight on Global Warming Human Rights Abuses Just Weeks Before UN Climate Conference

Link to Letter to Secretary Clinton Link to Press Release Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, sent a letter last night to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her to conduct an investigation into alleged human rights violations sanctioned by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in its efforts to promote offsets for greenhouse gas emissions. These violations have come to light just weeks before the United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. If they are not addressed in an appropriate manner, Senator Inhofe will offer an amendment that will cut off U.S. funding to the UNFCCC until it puts a stop to these human rights abuses.