by Mike Ludwig | Dec 23, 2025 | Climate Crisis, Donald Trump, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gulf coast, LNG, Louisiana, Natural Gas, News, Trump Administration, utilities
Despite repeated promises from President Donald Trump on the campaign trail to lower the cost of energy, consumers in the United States collectively paid $12 billion more for natural gas to power their homes over the first nine months of 2025 — about $124 more per family — than they did a year earlier, according to a new report on federal data by the watchdog group Public Citizen.
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by Basav Sen | Nov 22, 2025 | AI, Climate Crisis, data centers, Deregulation, Emissions, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Op-Ed, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Trump Administration, utilities
A bipartisan group of 13 governors is pushing to deregulate the permitting of energy infrastructure in the U.S., arguing that doing so is necessary to “win the AI race, lower costs for consumers, and responsibly develop the advanced energy sources of the future.” But in reality, deregulating energy infrastructure construction would be a disastrous mistake that would increase greenhouse gas…
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by Mike Ludwig | Oct 20, 2025 | Debt, Evictions, housing, News, Private Equity, rent, utilities
The Debt Collective is perhaps best known for the ripple effects of the small student loan repayment strike the group organized against a defunct for-profit college in 2015. The strike grew into a nationwide movement demanding justice for millions of people facing overwhelming student debt. By 2025, the Biden administration had approved $188.8 billion in student debt relief for more than 5 million…
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