Lauren Boebert Says Liberals Using Earth Day to 'Divide'

Republican Representative Lauren Boebert has slammed liberals and climate-change activists, saying on Twitter that they use Earth Day—which is aimed at gathering support for environmental protections—to cause a wedge in society.

"On this Earth Day, let's always remember to appreciate this incredible world God has given us," she tweeted on Saturday. "Liberals will try to make this day about climate change to divide us. Let's focus on being appreciative, good stewards of what God has given us instead."

Many conservatives oppose what they call the "climate agenda." They claim policies geared towards curbing greenhouse gas emissions that are driving global warming are designed to control people and limit their freedom.

However, a United Nations official said the findings of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change study last year are proof that the world is on the "fast track" to a climate disaster.

Researchers also have warned of more extreme weather patterns, like the bomb cyclone that battered California in January and the Mississippi tornado in March that left 23 people dead in its wake, in the future.

Despite the dire warnings, Boebert, whose attacks on green policies have been well documented, continues to cause division on social media. Her Earth Day tweet, which garnered nearly 2,000 comments as of Saturday night, drew a slew of criticism, with many urging the outspoken congresswoman to stop.

Twitter user @soapmaker10 posted: "God would want us to take care of this earth and we're not. Just stop with the constant division. I believe Jesus said love one another as I have loved you. Live by his example."

However, there were many who backed her sentiment, with supporter Tara Lay writing: "Amen." While @paceman6315 posted: "Forever and ever Amen!"

Newsweek reached out to representatives for Boebert via email on Saturday.

Earlier this year, Boebert joked during a House committee hearing about how she isn't a climate change denier, saying that she recognizes the climate changes with each season. The joke appears to be a favorite of hers, as she has used it several times in the past.

The Colorado Republican often provokes the ire of climate change activists, notably in 2021 when she introduced a bill to block President Joe Biden from having the U.S. rejoin the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change.

Boebert also previously opposed Biden's policies on fossil fuel use, saying he is pandering to environmental extremists. She also faced a backlash after criticizing environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter.

She isn't alone in her views, however. Georgia GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has said Biden's Green New Deal and "climate lies" are a "SCAM that waste trillions of taxpayers' dollars and only serves the Liberal World Order enriching Klaus Schwab and those like his [World Economic Forum] frat boys."

This year, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), conducted by the New Climate Institute, ranked the U.S. 52nd among nations on its progress to a green economy, putting the country in the "very low" performance category. After such reports and the urging of experts, climate mandates have increasingly been enacted on a state level, such as the ban on new gas vehicles in California from 2035.