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Senate Republicans Celebrated Clean Energy Boom in Their States, Now Face Vote to Kill It
June 18, 2025
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MEMO: This Republican Rate Hike is going to bite those who vote for it.
If Congressional Republicans jam through the disastrous mess of a Big Ugly Bill—raising costs for families while giving billionaires another handout— they should expect a fierce backlash from their constituents.
June 30, 2025
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ICYMI: Want to lead in AI? Then don’t kill wind and solar.
Washington, D.C. – Matt Eggers, a venture capitalist, penned an opinion piece that ran today in the Washington Post detailing the ways in which the Republican Rate Hike that’s included in the One Big Beautiful Bill that the U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on, will hand a forfeit to China in the race to lead in AI and technology globally.
June 30, 2025
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Business Leaders, Labor and Energy Experts Warn: Bill Threatens Jobs, Raises Prices, and Undermines American Energy Security
Washington, D.C. — A growing number of business groups, labor unions, energy experts, and others are speaking out in force against the Senate Republican-backed Big Beautiful Bill, warning that the bill’s energy provisions would devastate U.S. clean energy progress, eliminate jobs, and drive up prices for consumers.
June 30, 2025
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In Thom Tillis and Don Bacon, Horrifically Unpopular Republican Rate Hike Bill Claims First Political Losses
Washington, D.C. – Thom Tillis announced his retirement today, following prominent House Republican moderate Don Bacon, bending to the political reality that’s been clear for months: Republicans will lose in 2026 if they raise costs on their constituents after promising to bring them down. The Big Beautiful Bill would hike energy costs and undermine U.S. […]
June 29, 2025
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ICYMI: Republican Rate Hike Already Underway
Washington, DC — As Congressional Republicans move closer to a final vote backing a nationwide Republican Rate Hike, CNN has launched an online tool that lets users explore how household energy costs, job losses, and rising air pollution from power plants and vehicles could affect each state. The data is pulled from a recent report released by Energy Innovation, Assessing Impacts Of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions.
June 27, 2025
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En el Mismo Bote: Historias de la Crisis Climática – Cuando las temperaturas suben, también suben los costos
Cuando las temperaturas suben, también suben los costos Apenas estamos cerrando la primera semana oficial del verano y las olas de calor ya están rompiendo récords en todo el país, elevando nuestras facturas de electricidad y poniendo en riesgo nuestra salud. Para las comunidades latinas, el calor es más que una simple molestia: es peligroso. […]
June 26, 2025
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Memo: Republicans’ ‘Big, Beautiful’ Rate Hike Threatens To Drive Americans’ Utility Bills Even Higher
American families are getting hit hard by rising utility bills. Since January, electricity rates have surged by 9%, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Energy. Now, with record-breaking heat straining power grids across the country, thousands are facing power outages, forced rationing of energy, and rising oil and gas prices due to turmoil in the Middle East. Despite this energy crisis, Republicans in Congress are threatening a new National Rate Hike that would drive energy costs even higher.
June 26, 2025
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SHOT/CHASER: Extreme Heat Strains Grid; Trump’s Budget Would Make It Worse and Spike Electric Bills Nationwide
Washington, D.C. — Extreme heat is threatening to break records in more than 250 cities this week as temperatures soar to triple digits and millions of Americans are told to stay indoors and ration their energy use. Now, Republicans in Congress are about to make it all much worse.
June 25, 2025
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SHOT/CHASER: Millions of Americans Are Suffering From Extreme Heat; Trump Is Making It More Dangerous
Washington, D.C. — This week, millions of Americans across the country are facing extreme heat. Heat is already the leading weather-related cause of death, and Trump is making it even more dangerous.
June 24, 2025
SHOT/CHASER: Trump Says Raising Gas Prices Aids the Enemy, Pushes Bill to Raise Gas Prices
Washington, D.C. – With oil prices skyrocketing, Trump is going into a panic, demanding, “To the Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!” The call is coming from inside the House. The Republican reconciliation bill moving through Congress would crater American energy production, even as we face an energy shortage first from […]
June 23, 2025