LCV Statement on Slate of Anti-Environmental Polluter Handouts

Washington, D.C.– Ahead of the House voting on anti-environmental polluter handout bills this week, including the SPEED Act, Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, anti-science wolf de-listing bill (H.R. 845), and two bills to advantage expensive, dirty power plants (H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632), the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from former EPA scientist and Vice President of Federal Policy, Matthew Davis:

“Trump and extreme House Republicans are determined to once again prioritize polluter handouts over helping hardworking families who are struggling with skyrocketing energy costs. These bills do nothing to stop the Trump administration’s ban on cheaper and faster clean energy. Instead, these bills limit public input on harmful projects and encourage selling off our public lands to billionaire executives. Our communities will be stuck with the price tag and the mess: more toxic mining waste, more years of dirty, expensive coal-fired power plants, and more polluting projects that will impact our public lands, our access to clean air and water, our health, and our pocketbooks. Congress should be focused on stopping Trump’s effort to ban clean energy and speeding up the approval of clean energy projects that are cheap and quick to deploy.”