Greenpeace USA activists hand-deliver a 4x8’ taxpayer-funded “150 billion dollar check” to American Petroleum Institute Headquarters to call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies and demand Congress pass the End Polluter Welfare Act.
The American Petroleum Institute is the largest oil and trade association whose members include polluting companies such as BP, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. As a collective, these companies have deceived the public about the impacts burning coal, oil, and gas has on our climate and have benefitted from fossil fuel subsidies for decades yet still claim to receive “no special treatment from the federal government.” On April 23, an API executive testified at a House Oversight hearing defending oil and gas industries subsidies.

The delivery will featured activists dressed like Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi intercepting the check delivery to demonstrate the role Congress can play in eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.