June XX, 2021

Dear Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer,

We, the undersigned organizations write to urge your support for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and other giveaways in any infrastructure, economic recovery, and/or reconciliation legislative package.

We appreciate your past and ongoing support on this crucial issue. In 2011, you rose on the floors of the House of Representatives and Senate in support of eliminating a raft of fossil fuel subsidies enshrined in federal law.[1] These important speeches highlighted the injustice and destructiveness of these giveaways to an industry responsible for the destruction of communities, nature, and climate. As you noted, fossil fuels are outdated energy sources that produce enormous levels of pollution that harm our communities, natural areas, and climate. These impacts fall hardest on historically marginalized communities, including Black and Indigenous communities in particular.

Ten years later, climate impacts are mounting but more than $15 billion in annual wasteful and destructive federal giveaways to the fossil fuel industry remain on the books. These subsidies have persisted despite numerous calls for their elimination, including the international commitments of our government and strong recent calls from President Joe Biden, as expressed repeatedly over the last two years and most recently in his FY2022 budget proposal. In fact, the set of subsidy repeals the President has proposed are alone estimated at $121 billion of tax expenditures over the next ten years.

It is past time to remove the burden of dirty energy support from the public and instead turn the efforts of the government to supporting clean energy and the jobs it generates. Action taken now will help us protect our climate, promote a more equitable, clean energy economy for America, and strengthen international leadership.

As you know, public dollars continue to flow to fossil fuel companies in many ways, including but not limited to:

– Special giveaways that exempt oil and gas companies from paying taxes on much of their foreign income and allow inappropriate deductions for fossil fuel development, exploration, and production costs.

– Research and development tax credits that encourage expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.

– Lax financial requirements for cleanup of oil and gas wells that leave the public with the bill (if the wells get cleaned up at all).

– Below-market leasing rates, royalties, and fees that encourage further oil and gas development and exploit our public lands.

In keeping with your support for ending these antiquated and wasteful measures, we urge you to advocate for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and giveaways in any legislative package so that they no longer undermine the just transition to clean energy jobs and infrastructure that we need for our future.

Sincerely,

Adorers of the Blood of Christ, U.S. Region – National
Adrian Dominican Sisters – Michigan
Advocates for the Environment – California
Advocates for Springfield – New York
Affordable Beauty: Photo Collage, Photography, Poetry – New York

Alabama Interfaith Power & Light – Alabama
Alaska Community Action on Toxics – Alaska
Alliance for Climate Education – National
Alliance to Protect Our People & the Places We Live – North Carolina
Alliance for the Wild Rockies – Northern Rocky Mountains

Alpha Epsilon Lambda – National
American Family Voices – National
American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 – Great Lakes
American Public Health Association – National
American Sustainable Business Council – National

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona – Arizona
Animals Are Sentient Beings – National
Anthropocene Alliance – National
Appraccel – California
Arm in Arm – National

ART NOT WAR – National
Ashfield Alliance – Massachusetts
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper – Louisiana
Aytzim: Ecological Judaism – National
Azul – National

Balance & Accuracy in Journalism – North Carolina
Beloved Earth Community of The Riverside Church – New York
Benedictine University Faculty – Illinois
Berks Gas Truth – Pennsylvania
Better Path Coalition – Pennsylvania

Beyond Extreme Energy – National
Big Reuse – New York
Blue Future National
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League – Alabama / Georgia / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia
Bold Alliance – National

The Borneo Project – California
Breach Collective – Pacific Northwest / National
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners – National
Breathe Project – Pennsylvania
Bronx Climate Justice North – New York

Bronx Jews for Climate Action – New York
Bucks Environmental Action – Pennsylvania
Build A Movement 2022 – National
Businesses for a Livable Climate – National
California Businesses for a Livable Climate – California

California Democratic Party Environmental Caucus – California
California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus – California
California Environmental Justice Alliance – California
Call to Action Colorado – Colorado
Campus Climate Corps – Florida

Carolina Biodiesel – North Carolina
Catalyst Miami – Florida
Catskill Mountainkeeper – New York
Catholic Network US – National
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry – Maryland

Center for Biological Diversity – National
Center for the Blue Economy at Middlebury Institute of International Studies – California
Center for Civic Policy – New Mexico
Center for a Competitive Waste Industry – National
Center for Environmentally Recycled Building Alternatives – Arizona / California

Central Maryland Beekeepers Association – Maryland
CEO Pipe Organs – Wisconsin
Change the Chamber – National
Charleston Climate Coalition – South Carolina
Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium – New York / Pennsylvania

Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective – South Dakota
Chicago Area Peace Action – Illinois
Chicago Asian Americans for Environmental Justice – Illinois
Christian Council of Delmarva – Delaware
Church Women United in New York State – New York

Citizens Awareness Network – National
Citizens for Clean Air & Water in Brazoria County – Texas
Citizens' Resistance at Fermi Two – Michigan
Clean Energy Action – National
Clean Water Action – National

CLEO Institute – Florida
Climate Action Campaign of the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – California
Climate Action Group at Seattle Insight Meditation Society – Washington
Climate Action Rhode Island / 350 Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Climate Action Team of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis – Oregon

Climate Advocates Voces Unidas – New Mexico
The Climate Center – California
Climate Crisis Policy – National
Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy – National
Climate Hawks Vote – National

Climate Health Now – California
The Climate Mobilization – National
Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter – California
Climate Reality Project Chicago Metro Chapter – Illinois
Climate Reality Project Massachusetts Southcoast – Massachusetts

Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline – New Jersey
Coalition Against Pipelines – Texas
Coalition for Outreach, Policy, & Education – New York
Colorado Businesses for a Livable Climate – Colorado
Colorado Small Business Coalition – Colorado

Columbus Community Bill of Rights – Ohio
Communities for a Better Environment – California
Community Action Works Campaigns – Connecticut / Maine / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / Rhode Island / Vermont
Community Advocates for a Sustainable Environment – New York
Community Power – Minnesota

Compressor Free Franklin – New York
Concerned Ohio River Residents – Ohio River Valley
Conejo Climate Coalition – California
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces – National
Congregation of Saint Joseph Peace & Justice Team – National

Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes – Wisconsin
Cooperative Energy Futures – Minnesota
Corporate Accountability – National
Corvallis Climate Action Alliance – Oregon
Corvallis Interfaith Climate Justice Committee – Oregon

Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative – National
Croatan Institute – National
Daily Acts – California
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action – National
DC Dorothy Day Catholic Worker – District of Columbia

Defend Our Health – Maine
Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida
The Democracy Collaborative – National
DirtyGirlsAg – Florida
Divest New York – New York

DNC Environment & Climate Crisis Council – National
Dogwood Alliance – Southeast
Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa – National
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill – New York
Don't Gas the Meadowlands Coalition – New Jersey

Don't Waste Arizona – Arizona
Drawdown Bay Area – California
Earth Action – Gulf South
The Earth Bill Network – National
Earth Day Initiative – National

Earth Day Network – National
Earthjustice – National
Earthworks – National
Ecoaction Committee of Green Party of the United States – National
EcoEquity – California

EcoHealth Network – National
Eco-Healthy Solutions – Georgia
Eco-Logic – New York
Eco-Poetry – National
Elders Climate Action – Florida

Electric Auto Association Central Coast California – California
Elgin Green Groups 350 – Illinois
Elmirans & Friends Against Fracking – New York
Empower Our Future – Colorado
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities – National

Endangered Habitats League – California
The Enviro Show – National
Environeers – Pennsylvania
Environment America – National
Environment Texas – Texas

Environmental Defense Center – California
Environmental Integrity Project – National
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint – Michigan
Environmental Working Group – National
Escambia County Democratic Environmental Caucus – Florida

Evergreen Action – National
Extinction Rebellion New Orleans – Louisiana
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area – California
Faithful America – National
Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition – Alaska

Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Taskforce – North Carolina
Florida Student Power Network – Florida
Food & Water Watch – National
Fossil Free California – California
Fossil Free Tompkins – New York

Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard – Massachusetts
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice – Illinois
FracTracker Alliance – National
Franciscan Action Network – National
The Freedom BLOC – Ohio

FreshWater Accountability Project – Ohio
Fresnans Against Fracking – California
Fridays For Future USA – National
Friends Committee on National Legislation – National
Friends of the Earth U.S. – National

Friends of Public Banking Santa Rosa – California
Frontera Water Protection Alliance – Texas
Future Coalition – National
The Future Left – California
Gas Free Seneca – New York

Georgia Conservation Voters – Georgia
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light – Georgia
Georgia STAND-UP – Georgia
Giniw Collective – Minnesota
Glades County Democratic Environmental Caucus – Florida

Glades County Democratic Executive Committee – Florida
Global Climate & Health Alliance – National
Global Consortium on Climate & Health Education at Columbia University – National
Global Observatory on Pollution & Health at Boston College – Massachusetts
Global Witness – National

Golden Ponds Farm – Wisconsin
Grassroots Central Mass – Massachusetts
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance – National
Great Old Broads for Wilderness – National
Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution – Alabama

Greater Highland Area Concerned Citizens – Illinois
The Greater Prince William Climate Action Network – Virginia
The Green House Connection Center – Colorado
Green Neighbor Challenge – National
Green New Deal Network – National

Green Sanctuary of Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton – New York
Green Sanctuary of Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva – Illinois
Green Workers Alliance – National
Greenbelt Climate Action Network / 350 Greenbelt – Maryland
GreenFaith – National

GreenLatinos – National
Greenpeace USA – National
Greenvest – National
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart
Guernsey County Citizens Support on Drilling Issues – Ohio

Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy – Gulf Coast
Health Care Without Harm – National
Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate – Minnesota
HealthLink – Massachusetts
Healthy Gulf – Gulf of Mexico

Heartwood – National
Hendry County Democratic Environmental Caucus – Florida
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters USA Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation Committee – National
Honeydew Energy Advisors – District of Columbia
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater – New York

Human Impact Partners – National
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition – New York
Idle No More San Francisco Bay – California
In the Shadow of the Wolf – National
Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition – New York

Indigenous Environmental Network – National
Indivisible – National
Indivisible Nation BK – New York
Inland Ocean Coalition – Colorado
Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy – National

Institute for Policy Studies Inequality Program – National
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy – Minnesota
Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center – Washington
Interfaith Earthkeepers Eugene & Springfield – Oregon
Interfaith Moral Action on Climate – National

Interfaith Oceans – National
International Indigenous Youth Council Los Angeles – California
International Marine Mammal Project – National
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement – Iowa
Islamic Circle of North America Council for Social Justice – National

Jewish Climate Action Network – Massachusetts
Jewish Climate Action Network NYC – New York
John Muir Project – National
Justice Committee of The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Albany Province – New York
Kissimmee Waterkeeper – Florida

Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – Washington
Labor Network for Sustainability – National
LaPlaca & Associates – North Carolina
Leadership Conference of Women Religious – National
League of Conservation Voters – National

LITE Initiatives – California
Little Sprouts Preschool – Washington
Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency – Oklahoma
Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group – Massachusetts
Love Wild Horses – National

MADRE – National
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns – National
Martin County Democratic Environmental Caucus – Florida
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice – Massachusetts
Maternal & Child Health Access – California

Mazaska Talks – Washington
Mercury Policy Project – National
Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement – New York
Michigan Climate Action Network – Michigan
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition – Michigan

Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council – Maryland
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks – Missouri
Milwaukee Riverkeeper – Wisconsin
MIT Divest – Massachusetts
Mothers & Others for Clean Air – Alabama / Arkansas / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Tennessee

Mothers Out Front – National
Mothers Out Front Long Island – New York
Mothers Out Front Tompkins – New York
Mountain Progressives Frazier Park – California
Napa Climate NOW! – California

National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd – Maryland
National Religious Coalition on Creation Care – National
Natural Resources Defense Council – National
Nature Coast Conservation – Florida
NC WARN – North Carolina

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice – National
New Energy Economy – New Mexico
New Jersey State Industrial Union Council – New Jersey
New Mexico Climate Justice – New Mexico
New York Climate Advocates – New York

New York Communities for Change – New York
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest – New York
New York / New Jersey Environmental Watch – New Jersey / New York
New Yorkers for Clean Power – New York
Newark Water Coalition – New Jersey

NJ-08 for Progress – New Jersey
North American Climate, Conservation & Environment – New York
North Bronx Racial Justice – New York
North Country Earth Action – New York
North Georgia Conservation Coalition – Georgia

North Range Concerned Citizens – Colorado
Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council – Michigan
Northwest Detroiters for Social Justice – Michigan
Nuclear Energy Information Service – Illinois
NYC H2O – New York

NYC Safe Energy Campaign – New York
Occupy Bergen County – New Jersey
Ocean Conservancy – National
Ocean Conservation Research – National
Oceana – National

Oceanic Preservation Society – National
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition – West Virginia
Oil & Gas Action Network – National
Oil Change International – National
Oregon Democratic Party Environmental Caucus – Oregon

Our Climate Education Fund – National
Our Revolution – National
Our Revolution Greenville – South Carolina
Our Revolution Hawaii – Hawaii
Our Revolution Howard County – Maryland

Our Revolution Michigan – Michigan
Our Revolution Minnesota – Minnesota
Our Revolution Montgomery County – Maryland
Our Revolution New Jersey – New Jersey
Our Revolution South Carolina – South Carolina

Oxfam America – National
Pacific Environment – National
Los Padres ForestWatch – California
Palm Beach County Democratic Environmental Caucus – Florida
Pass the Federal Green New Deal Coalition – Washington

Peace Action Wisconsin – Wisconsin
Pennsylvania Council of Churches – Pennsylvania
People of Albany United for Safe Energy – New York
People Demanding Action – National
The People's Justice Council – Alabama

Peoples Climate Movement New York – New York
Pesticide Action Network – National
Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace – Maryland
Physicians Against Red Meat – California
Physicians for Social Responsibility – National

Physicians for Social Responsibility Arizona – Arizona
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania
Pivot Point – Washington
Progressive Democrats of America – National
Progressive Democrats of America Central Florida – Florida

Progressive Democrats of America Tucson – Arizona
Progressive Democrats of Howard County – Maryland
Project CoffeeHouse – Pennsylvania
Project Eleven Hundred – Utah
Property Rights & Pipeline Center – National

Public Citizen – National
Public Goods Institute – National
Public Justice Center – Maryland
Publish What You Pay United States – National
Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action – Washington

Rachel Carson Council – National
Rainforest Action Network – National
Rapid Shift Network – National
RedTailed Hawk Collective – North Carolina
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy – California

Reedsburg Area Concerned Citizens – Wisconsin
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Western American Area – California
Resource Renewal Institute – California
Responsible Drilling Alliance – Pennsylvania
Revolution Coalition – National

Rio Grande Valley Great Old Broads for Wilderness – New Mexico
River Guardian Foundation – North Carolina
Rockland Citizens Action Network – New York
Rogue Climate – Oregon
RootsAction – National

Safe Energy Rights Group – New York
Safe Skies Maryland – Maryland
Safer States – National
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper – Texas
San Diego 350 – California

San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility – California
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace – California
Santa Barbara Standing Rock Coalition – California
Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council – California
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network – Local

Santa Rosa Junior College – California
Save the Frogs! – California
Save Our Illinois Land – Illinois
Save the Pine Bush – New York
Save RGV – Texas

School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province Shalom Office – National
Science & Environmental Health Network – National
Seeding Sovereignty – National
Seneca Lake Guardian – New York
Seven Circles Foundation – California

Shenandoah Energy Services – Virginia
Sierra Club – National
Sister Health & Wellness Collective – National
Sisters of Bon Secours USA – Maryland
Sisters of Charity Federation – National

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary – National
Sisters of Home Visitors of Mary – Michigan
Sisters of the Humility of Mary – Pennsylvania
Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt – New York
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia – National

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet – National
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Louisiana – Louisiana
Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia – Kansas
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester Justice & Care for Creation Committee – New York
Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield – Massachusetts

SoCal 350 Climate Action – California
Social Eco Education Los Angeles – California
Social Justice Commission of Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts – Massachusetts
Solar United Neighbors Action – National
Solarize Albany County – New York

Solidarity INFO Service – National
Sonoma County Climate Activist Network – California
South Shore Audubon Society – New York
Southcoast Energy Challenge – Massachusetts
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now – Oregon

Spirit of the Sun – Colorado
Spottswoode Winery – California
Spruill Farm Conservation Project – North Carolina
St. Francis Xavier Church – New York
Stand.earth – National

Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion – New York
Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline – New York
Students for Economic Democracy – Florida
Sunflower Alliance – California
Sungage Financial – National

Sunrise Little Rock – Arkansas
Sunrise Movement – National
Sunrise Movement Fairview – Colorado
Sunrise Movement Los Angeles – California
Sunrise Movement Villanova University – Pennsylvania

Sunrise STL – Missouri
Sunrise Worcester – Massachusetts
Susanne Moser Research & Consulting – National
Sustainable Marblehead – Massachusetts
Sustainne – Connecticut

Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light – Tennessee
Texas Campaign for the Environment – Texas
Think Heavenly – California
Thomas Berry Forum – New York
Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative – New York

Transition Sebastopol – California
Tucson Climate Action Network – Arizona
Turtle Island Restoration Network – Regional
Union of Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – National
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community – National

Unite North Metro Denver – Colorado
United Church of Christ Ministry of Environmental Justice – National
U.S. Public Interest Research Group – National
Utah Valley Earth Forum – Utah
Vermont Conservation Voters – Vermont

Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance – Vermont
Veterans For Peace Linus Pauling Chapter 132 – Oregon
Voices for Progress – National
Wall of Women Colorado – Colorado
Wasatch Clean Air Coalition – Utah

Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility – Washington
Water & Air Team Charlevoix – Michigan
We Want Green Too! – Michigan
The Wei – New Jersey
Westchester People's Action Coalition Foundation – New York

Western Environmental Law Center – Western United States
Western New York Environmental Alliance – New York
Wheaton Franciscans Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation Office – Illinois
Wild Montana – Montana
Wild Nature Institute – National

The Wilderness Society — National
Women's Earth & Climate Action Network – National
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – National
Women's March Ann Arbor – Michigan
Women's Voices for the Earth – National

Youth Vs Apocalypse – California
Zero Hour – National
198 methods – National
350 Bay Area Action – California
350 Brooklyn – New York

350 Butte County – California
350 Central Mass – Massachusetts
350 Charlotte – North Carolina
350 Colorado – Colorado
350 Conejo / San Fernando Valley – California

350 Corvallis – Oregon
350 Eastside – Washington
350 Eugene – Oregon
350 Everett – Washington
350 Fairfax – Virginia

350 Hawaii – Hawaii
350 Humboldt – California
350 Juneau – Alaska
350 Kishwaukee – Illinois
350 Lake Norman – North Carolina

350 Maine – Maine
350 Massachusetts – Massachusetts
350 Massachusetts Metro North Node – Massachusetts
350 Montana – Montana
350 New Hampshire – New Hampshire

350 New Hampshire Action – New Hampshire
350 New Orleans – Louisiana
350 NYC – New York
350 PDX – Oregon
350 Pensacola – Florida

350 Petaluma – California
350 Seattle – Washington
350 Silicon Valley – California
350 Sonoma – California
350 Spokane – Washington

350 Triangle – North Carolina
350 Ventura County Climate Hub – California
350 West Sound Climate Action – Washington
350.org – National
1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations – California

48217 Southwest Detroit – Michigan


[1] "It’s long past time to turn off the spigot of public funds flowing to Big Oil… So I rise to ask my colleagues today: should the American taxpayers continue to subsidize Big Oil's profits?" – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on the floor of the House of Representatives, in support of a procedural motion to allow the consideration of H.R. 1689, the Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011

"You don't have to worry about [the fossil fuel industry's] desire to explore. They are looking every place they can. They don't have to have a subsidy to do it…So the time to repeal these giveaways is now." – Leader Chuck Schumer, Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)