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Lucero Marquez @lucerowx.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
People need immediate relief from rising electricity prices. @americanprogress.bsky.social has 3 policy proposals: 1. A rate relief fund, 2. A national AI data center fair share policy, and 3. A program to build a better, bigger power system Check it out: www.americanprogress.org/article/a-pl...
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A Plan for American Electricity Affordability
CAP’s plan is a combination of immediate relief and investment to lower electricity system costs and deliver more than $125 billion in residential consumer savings, or around $900 per household, over ...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Electricity prices are getting out of hand 📈 CAP's new plan would freeze or lower rates and save over $900 per household over 4 years. Learn how our plan works: www.americanprogress.org/article/fa…
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Jasia Smith @jasia.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Offshore wind projects that were set to power over 1.3 million U.S. homes were traded for…zero added energy capacity, actually. 🤦🏽‍♀️ As Emily says in this article, “Americans’ side of the bargain appears to be worthless”. heatmap.news/energy/total...
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New Documents Undermine Trump Administration’s Claims About Offshore Wind Deal
There was no new investment required from TotalEnergies, according to newly disclosed terms.
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Trevor Higgins @thiggins.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This reckless war on Iran has raised energy prices like no other. It's outpacing even Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A line chart from the Center for American Progress shows that crude oil futures have increased 41 percent in the nine days since Operation Epic Fury began, which outpaces similar price increases following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and other recent conflicts.
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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🔌 Electricity and gas bills are going up for 100+ million consumers in 49 states + D.C. Check @americanprogress.bsky.social and @nrdc.org’s new Utility Tracker to see if you're on the list. 💸 www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...
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Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
This updated utility rate tracker shows rate increases or proposals set to go into effect over the next two years that, coupled with Trump administration actions, could mean that households and busine...
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Lucero Marquez @lucerowx.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social and @nrdc.org --> 65% of all U.S. electric and 59% of all U.S. natural gas utility costumers face increased or proposals for increased utility rates by 2027. Find out some reasons why in our new report: www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...
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Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
This updated utility rate tracker shows rate increases or proposals set to go into effect over the next two years that, coupled with Trump administration actions, could mean that households and busine...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
With the increased frequency and intensity of climate change-driven extreme heat and cold events, Americans can no longer rely on natural gas and coal. Learn more: www.americanprogress.org/article/clea...
A graphic with a light blue background and a cityscape illustration featuring wind turbines and solar panels. The title is "Clean energy." Text describes fossil fuels' vulnerability to extreme temperatures and argues that clean energy improves reliability and helps consumers save money, protecting against extreme temperatures.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New CAP analysis finds that the Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget includes a nearly $4 billion cut to national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, wilderness and recreation areas, and more—a cut in funding by more than a third of 2024 levels.
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The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
The number of visitors to America’s public lands remains at an all-time high, while the Trump administration has made drastic cuts to popular agencies.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This week's heat wave is a stark reminder that federal and state policymakers must take action to protect workers and to reduce the health and economic damages brought on by work exposure to extreme heat. www.americanprogress.org/article/extr...
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Extreme Heat Is More Dangerous for Workers Every Year
Federal and state governments should step up efforts—including adopting heat standards—to address increased on-the-job heat-related injury, illness, and death.
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Akshay Thyagarajan @akshayt33.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Like millions of Americans, I am getting ready to pay more on my electricity bills this year. The budget bill currently in the Senate is only going to make it worse! We need more clean and affordable energy, not less! www.americanprogress.org/article/with...
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With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher
Across the country, nearly 60 electric and gas utilities are hiking or trying to hike utility bills this year, totaling nearly $38.3 billion for 56.7 million electric customers and $3.5 billion for 26...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Who exactly is winning under the Trump administration? Not people like Cody who just returned home from military leave to a price spike in his electric bill. ➡️ Share this video and let us know if you also got a notice that your electric bill is going up.
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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
1. Americans' health is under threat. 🚨 Trump and House Republicans have set up the perfect storm for asthma that will cause over 100 million asthma attacks over the next 25 years. (1/6) www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s Assault on Environmental Protections Will Give Polluters a Free Pass While Causing Millions of Asthma Attacks
The Trump administration’s plan to weaken clean air protections could cause more than 10,000 asthma attacks per day while cutting lifesaving asthma prevention programs and as House Republicans seek to...
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Akshay Thyagarajan @akshayt33.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Locking in long-term LNG contracts will result in Americans facing higher domestic energy prices and Germans facing reduced national security. The way forward is to invest in affordable, and cleaner technology ☀️🔋 that will lower costs and pollution. www.americanprogress.org/article/lng-...
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LNG Projects Are a Bad Deal for Germans and Americans
Subsidizing fossil gas, especially long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG), undermines Germany’s energy independence, national security, public health, and climate goals, while also raisin...
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Mike Williams @mwilli.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
One thing that cannot be said enough (honestly barely being said at all) about republican's big horrible bill is that it is fully eviscerating US federal climate policy. The Inflation Reduction Act was finally the moment we took major federal action... and republicans are about to kill it. 1/11
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Lucero Marquez @lucerowx.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
House Republicans just passed their big billionaire bailout bill — a bill that threatens the loss of jobs, raises costs, and defunds programs dedicated to reducing pollution ON TOP of large cuts to healthcare access and food assistance. This is not “beautiful” — it’s so ugly and will hurt Americans
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Mike Williams @mwilli.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Published a subtle column this AM… House Republicans are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing! www.americanprogress.org/article/hous... 1/3
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House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing
Claims from congressional Republicans and the Trump administration that supporting domestic manufacturing is a priority are completely undercut by their efforts to strip incentives and kill successful...
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Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
As extreme heat conditions become worse, and with the federal administration unlikely to protect workers, state policymakers must fill the void. Policymakers don't have to start from scratch. They can draw on CAP recommendations here: www.americanprogress.org/article/stat...
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States Must Lead the Way To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
In the absence of federal action to protect workers from the rising dangers of exposure to extreme heat on the job, states must take the lead—and can look to existing and proposed standards from other...
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 20/05/2025
The price of gas is already too damn high—Trump wants to make it even more expensive.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
For decades, wildfires have been getting more severe—putting lives, homes, and lands at risk of destruction along the way. This escalating threat is a direct consequence of fossil-fueled climate change. Learn more: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
@neeratanden.bsky.social is spot on: Rolling back IRA climate investments won’t just pollute our communities. It’ll raise energy costs for American families. House Republicans should remember that gutting clean energy tax credits means higher bills for their constituents.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Ready for your gas prices to go up? House Republicans are proposing to end almost all federal clean energy investments, which will drive up the cost of gas and line the pockets of Big Oil execs.
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Akshay Thyagarajan @akshayt33.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Electricity bills are rising, and The Trump administration's policies are making it worse!! We need to go all in on clean and affordable sources of energy. Not polluting and expensive fossil fuels. Read more in our new report: www.americanprogress.org/article/10-t...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Electricity prices are spiking, and the Trump administration’s actions are further increasing costs for working people while enriching billionaire oil and gas donors. New from CAP's @lucerowx.bsky.social, @akshayt33.bsky.social, and @shannonbb-8.bsky.social:
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10 Trump Administration Actions That Could Lead to Higher Electricity Prices
Electricity prices are spiking, and the Trump administration’s actions are further increasing costs for working people while enriching billionaire oil and gas donors.
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Akshay Thyagarajan @akshayt33.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Trump administration is attacking cost-saving programs & blocking access to affordable energy - ultimately increasing your electricity bills while making Big Oil executives richer. Read more from @amprog here: www.americanprogress.org/article/10-t...
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10 Trump Administration Actions That Could Lead to Higher Electricity Prices
Electricity prices are spiking, and the Trump administration’s actions are further increasing costs for working people while enriching billionaire oil and gas donors.
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Akshay Thyagarajan @akshayt33.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧵: Since 2016, the U.S. has been exporting more and more liquefied natural gas (LNG). See what that’s meant for everyday Americans. 👇 eia.gov/outlooks/steo/realprices
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Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and AnalysisU.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This Earth Month, let’s talk about what’s at stake 🌎 Working-class Americans need clean air and water, lower energy bills, and protection from extreme weather. But the Trump administration is canceling the very projects that would make it possible. Hear more from @jasia.bsky.social:
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The Trump administration and Musk-led DOGE are cutting the very resources and experts we need as extreme weather continues to worsen. We must demand action or keep paying the price. @lucerowx.bsky.social explains:
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Jamie Friedman @jamiefriedman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Since the passage of the IRA, states have benefited from millions in clean energy & manufacturing investment + thousands of new jobs. But Congressional Republicans are putting that all at risk. New article out from me and @shannonbb-8.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/cong...
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Congressional Republicans’ Plan To Cut Clean Energy Investments Would Cause Higher Energy Bills and Job Losses Across States
The clean energy supply chain spurred by U.S. investment has created jobs and helped to lower electricity costs; repealing these investments midstream would increase electricity prices for households ...
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Trevor Higgins @thiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
On day 1, Trump delivered what he promised to the oil execs for $1 billion: 💰pushing LNG exports that will raise electricity bills $10/mo (per DOE) 💰opening up the refuge in Alaska 💰Fighting against EVs, which will raise gasoline prices 15% (per Rhodium) Americans pay for Trump's promises.
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Trevor Higgins @thiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Granholm nails it. • You can kiss our manufacturing renaissance goodbye if they rollback the laws that made it possible. • China would love to see us leave the clean energy future to them. • Our growing power grid needs new wind, solar, batteries, and more. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...
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Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy (Gift Article)
President Trump seems poised to roll back the very incentives that are reviving American manufacturing.
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump just overturned the Biden 30x30 America the Beautiful executive decree. What does that mean for the ocean? #Beyond30x30
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
We need global cooperation. Trump’s announcement to again withdraw from the Paris Agreement marks a stark return to isolationism.
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The Trump Administration’s Retreat From Global Climate Leadership
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement marks a deliberate weakening of the multilateral system, jeopardizing global efforts to combat the climate crisis and risking America’s...
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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
As Americans suffer the consequences of climate change, like the deadly wildfires that devastated Los Angeles, Hurricane Helene, and dangerous heat, on Day One Trump rolled back Biden’s executive orders on tackling climate change and environmental injustice. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Unleashing American Energy – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.
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