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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2h

From sleepless nights to fears about the future, the climate crisis is weighing on young people’s minds.

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6h

No no, don’t worry, this will definitely work.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-wants-more-natural-gas-exports-and-lower-energy-prices-its-going-to-be-tricky-d716bd9e?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfphN9XVvUHtnrXD6J_b14xftu_D0-RDPCKbhFxZA5V11SmL_Hpl4f4NcWNvg%3D%3D&gaa_ts=68f0389b&gaa_sig=9J

Trump Wants More Natural-Gas Exports and Lower Energy Prices. It’s Going to Be Tricky.

Major gas basins are growing old, and the U.S. lacks the proper infrastructure to ferry molecules where they are needed.

www.wsj.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 8h

Trump gutted clean energy and killed the program that helps families keep the lights on. Now energy bills are soaring—and he’s the reason why.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-15/us-electricity-bills-seen-rising-most-in-three-years-this-winter

US Electricity Bills Seen Rising Most in Three Years This Winter

US households will see their winter electric bills climb by the most in three years, according to the Energy Information Administration.

www.bloomberg.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Energy bills are crushing families. Trump said he’d make them cheaper.

He lied.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/15/energy-prices-politics-virginia-jersey/

Soaring electricity bills could be the sleeper campaign issue of 2025

As costs continue to increase, voters are turning their ire toward politicians, shaking up this year’s governors races.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

All the proof we need that this is just a political hit job.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/doe-hit-list-grant-projects

This mysterious DOE ‘hit list’ has the clean-energy world on edge

A leaked list appears to put nearly $24B in federal clean-energy funding on the chopping block, but will the DOE go through with it?

www.canarymedia.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Even Republicans know clean energy means more jobs and lower costs — Russ Vought and Donald Trump just want to cause pain for American families.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

Trump ran his campaign on being "pro-coal." While miners fight for their lives, he’s siding with the industry that’s killing them. https://fortune.com/2025/10/14/rural-america-coal-miners-protest-trump-black-lung-disease/

‘It seems like they don’t care about us’: Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung | Fortune

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black lung.

fortune.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

America first? Seems like he meant America last. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/09/solar-clean-energy-trump-china/

The real winners of Trump’s attack on clean energy aren’t American

U.S. politics are undercutting clean energy at the same time economics are propelling it forward globally. Can the U.S. afford to sit this out?

www.washingtonpost.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

And that “speed bump” is our…president.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

Clean energy cut from Trump means higher bills for working families.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5548351-trump-green-energy-cuts-red-states/

Trump eyes more cuts to green energy projects — including in red states

The Trump administration is eyeing additional major cuts to green energy projects beyond the billions of dollars it has already halted. A list circulated in Washington this week and reviewed by new…

thehill.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans are in charge. They shut our government down. Period.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

Clean energy is moving fast ⚡ Even if leaders like Donald Trump and Mike Johnson want to kill it out of spite 🙃

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

Is this what “America first” looks like to Trump?

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s tariffs are hitting autoworkers and the clean energy transition hard: Layoffs, mandatory OT, and EV delays. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Impact of Trump tariffs roils global auto production as workers bear the brunt

The impact of Trump’s tariffs are being felt by autoworkers in the form of relentless undermining of working conditions, layoffs and disruptions.

www.wsws.org

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6d

It’s under threat because Trump’s idea of progress is a bigger pickaxe 🪨⛏️
https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2025/10/09/how-clean-energy-just-overtook-coal---and-why-its-under-threat/

How Clean Energy Just Overtook Coal — And Why It’s Under Threat

Clean energy has, for the first time, generated more electricity than coal — but political backlash now threatens the science that made it possible.

www.forbes.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6d

The government’s still shut down, and next week, thousands of workers won’t get paid. All so Trump and Republicans can keep your health care premiums and energy bills high.

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6d

The answer: Clean energy ⚡

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6d

Mike Johnson's own district risks losing $500M for carbon renewal all because he's keeping the government shut down when he could reopen it—and he didn't even know that.