Bucks Environmental Action

BEA was a signee of the #ClimatePresident Action Plan, which advocated environmentalist policies including declaring a national state of emergency over the climate, ceasing the extraction and sale of conventional fuels, empowering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set regulations to ban the sale of conventional fuel vehicles by 2030, and directing the United States to appropriate funds for other countries’ efforts to reduce emissions.  ^{2  3}

Background

Bucks Environmental Action (BEA) is a Pennsylvania-based environmental policy advocacy group that claims to have over 700 members and was established shortly after President Donald Trump’s first election in November 2016. BEA is an umbrella organization that reportedly incorporated various existing environmental groups, according to Politico’s E&E News. ^{4  5}

Better Path Coalition

Bucks Environmental Action (BEA) is a member of the Better Path Coalition, a Pennsylvania-based environmentalist network that is opposed to natural gas exploration and other traditional energy infrastructure projects being developed in the state. The group has argued “[o]ur government has spied on us, pushed legislation to criminalize us, and characterized us as eco-terrorists.”  ^{1  6 7}

Activities

Bucks Environmental Action (BEA) has previously signed onto, and supported the #ClimatePresident Action Plan. The plan was formed by a coalition of the Center for Biological Diversity, the Climate Justice Alliance, the Labor Network for Sustainability, Greenpeace, 350.org, Oil Change USA, Friends of the Earth, the Democracy Collaborative, Earthworks, NC WARN, Food and Water Watch, the Center for Climate Integrity, the Rainforest Action Network, Corporate Accountability International, ActionAid USA, and EcoEquity.  ⁸

The coalition’s proposed agenda included declaring a national state of emergency regarding climate change, ceasing the extraction and exporting of fossil fuels, having the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set regulations to ban the sale of conventional fuel vehicles by 2030, directing U.S. military funding to the development of weather-dependent energy infrastructure, reversing the first Trump administration’s “harmful and unethical” immigration policies in order to “absorb the growing number of climate-displaced” immigrants, prosecuting fossil fuels companies for alleged harm done by energy infrastructure projects, directing Congress to “appropriate funds for large-scale financial” support for other countries’ efforts to reduce emissions, and rejoining the Paris Agreement.  ⁹

In September 2025, BEA signed on to a letter advocating for the passage of Pennsylvania HB 660, also known as the Pennsylvania Energy and Water Efficiency Standards Act. The bill would enact regulations governing the water efficiency standards for appliances such as commercial dishwashers, fryers, ovens, faucets, gas fireplaces, impact-resistant fluorescent lamps, showerheads, and urinals. ^{2 3}

BEA has previously hosted forums for U.S. Congressional candidates to discuss climate policies and has petitioned for end of activities it claims are hazardous to the environment and public health such as closing the Rockhill Quarry in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, over concerns of asbestos in 2020.  ^{4 5}

Leadership

As of 2025, Sharon Adesman Furlong was listed as a co-founder and spokesperson for Bucks Environmental Action (BEA).  ⁴