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Nov 6, 2025
2025 Election Breakdown: LCV State Affiliates Won Major Victories

Across the country, voters turned out to elect state and local leaders who will make enormous decisions to protect our environment and democracy. Our state affiliates invested all year to make sure environmental champions won these races.

Nov 6, 2025
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Nov 6, 2025
2025 Election Results: Who won key elections and what their victories mean for your energy bill

Voters nationwide overwhelmingly elected candidates who ran on lower bills and cleaner energy. Here’s what you need to know about the winning candidates in key races in New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia, and how their policies will benefit you and your energy bills.

Nov 6, 2025
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Nov 3, 2025
4 Must-Do Steps to Get Ready to Vote in the 2025 Election

Election Day is November 4, and 33 states are holding critical state and local elections. Here’s what you can do right now to make sure you’re ready to cast your ballot.

Nov 3, 2025
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Oct 23, 2025
Why your costs are so high, and how the government shutdown is making them worse

President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ policies have made our lives too expensive. Now, they are forcing a government shutdown to raise costs even more.

Oct 23, 2025
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Oct 8, 2025
5 Reasons Why Your Electric Bill is So High

Higher electric bills around the country are the direct result of Trump administration policies that benefit Big Polluters at our expense. Here’s why, and how we can take action.

Oct 8, 2025

Jessie Cohen

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Aug 27, 2025
Trump’s public lands sale didn’t end with the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Here’s how he’s trying to sell off public lands and gut national parks, and how we’re fighting back.

The country's outrage over Mike Lee's public lands sale proposal in the "Big Beautiful Bill" left Trump and his cronies hoping we won't notice these many other ways they're selling off our lands and gutting our national parks.

Aug 27, 2025
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Aug 19, 2025
EPA’s Endangerment Finding is critical for clean air and the climate. Lee Zeldin and the Trump administration want to repeal it.

The proposed repeal of EPA’s Endangerment Finding will make our air dirtier and our energy more expensive. Here's what you need to know.

Aug 19, 2025
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Aug 7, 2025
How the SAVE Act Would Make it Even Harder for College Students to Vote – and How We Can Stop It

College students already face systematic barriers to voting, and the SAVE Act would pile on even more. Here's how the SAVE Act would impact college students – and millions of other voters – and how we can stop it in the Senate.

Aug 7, 2025

Claire Stafford, LCV Summer Fellow

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Aug 6, 2025
The SAVE Act Status: It passed the House, now we must stop it in the Senate.

The SAVE Act, now in the hands of the Senate, would undermine voting access for millions of people – especially those most harmed by climate change. Here's why, and how we can stop it.

Aug 6, 2025
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Jul 10, 2025
Republicans passed their bad “Big Beautiful Bill.” Here are the ugly impacts we’ll see on clean energy, electricity costs, the environment and more.

Republicans in Congress narrowly passed their so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” and President Trump signed it into law last week. It is the most anti-environment legislation ever passed. Here's the ugly truth about what's in this bill and the impacts we'll feel across the country as it comes into effect.

Jul 10, 2025

Jessie Cohen

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