Hi,

Big Oil, it’s over. We’ve put up with your lies, your mess, and your broken promises for too long. You’ve drained our resources, poisoned our air, and hurt the people we love. And no matter how many times you say you’ve changed, we know the truth: You’ll never stop putting yourself first.

This Valentine’s Day, we’re choosing ourselves — and our future. Help support EARTHDAY.ORG’s work to move on to something cleaner, greener, and better for everyone.

Here’s why we’re done for good.

We Can’t Breathe Around You

• Every time you show up, we struggle to breathe. Burning fossil fuels accounts for 93% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.¹ Your pollution fills our air with toxic chemicals- likely causing asthma, cancer, heart disease, and even premature death.² We deserve a future with fresh air, not smog covered skies.

You’re Obsessed With Yourself

• No matter how many warnings you get, you just keep burning. Fossil fuel companies refuse to slow down, pumping out more emissions while ranking in record-breaking profits.³ While other areas of the global economy continue to struggle with a range of economic and political challenges, oil companies like Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell raked in $85 billion combined in 2023.⁴ We see right through your empty climate promises.⁵

You Hurt to Your Own People, Too

• You’re not just toxic to us, you endanger the workers who keep your industry running. Fossil fuel companies often exploit workers, as evidenced by the use of forced labor and child labor in the extraction of critical materials like silicon metal and cobalt, which are essential for clean energy technologies but sourced from regions with troubling human rights histories.⁶ From unsafe working conditions to silencing whistleblowers, your track record proves you don't care about people, only profit.

You Tear Me Down and Use Me

• You drain the Earth of its resources, leaving destruction in your wake. Oil drilling, fracking, and coal mining rip apart ecosystems, pollute water, and leave communities devastated. The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill, the largest oil spill in history, discharged 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 11 deaths and the destruction of numerous birds, turtles, fish, marine mammals, and plants.⁷. You take and take — but we’re not giving you anything else.

We have better options. 

Renewable energy is cleaner, safer, and endlessly abundant. The US has enough renewable energy resources to generate more than 100 times the amount of electricity Americans use every year.⁸ Wind and solar don't lie, manipulate, or destroy everything in their path. They respect us and our planet.

That's why Earth Day 2025's theme, Our Power, Our Planet, is all about taking back control — demanding a just transition to renewable energy and ending fossil fuel dominance.

The best revenge? A healthier planet. Help us turn this breakup into a clean energy love story. Invest in clean energy, not dirty lies — donate today and fuel the transition with EARTHDAY.ORG.

Together,

Kathleen Rogers
President

Footnotes:

1. US Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/energy-and-the-environment/where-greenhouse-gases-come-from.php 

2. Environmental and Energy Study Institute: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-environmental-and-health-impacts-of-fossil-fuels-2021

3. IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/chapter/chapter-2/ 

4. Statista: https://www.statista.com/chart/27887/big-oil-sees-profits-increase/ 

5. UN Environment Programme: https://www.unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023 

6. US Department of State: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Forced-Labor-and-the-Clean-Energy-Transition-Finding-A-Responsible-Way-Forward.pdf

7. Environmental Energy Study Institute: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-environmental-and-health-impacts-of-fossil-fuels-2021

8. US Department of Energy: https://www.energy.gov/topics/renewable-energy