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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

A sign that reads "Our energy bills are too damn high."
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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
A photoshopped image of Donald Trump smiling with “for sale” signs in front of four landscapes in Alaska, Utah, and Texas
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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

A man checks in to vote at a polling station
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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

A woman and a man wearing matching green LCV shirts having a discussion.
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Jun 25, 2025
Senate Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” (aka “Big Ugly Bill”) will increase energy costs and destroy our clean energy future. We must act now to stop it.

Senate Republicans' bill would destroy the future of clean energy in this country, increase energy costs, slash good jobs, sell off our public lands, weaken environmental and health protections, and put polluters above the law – all to give tax cuts to the wealthy.

Jun 25, 2025

Jessie Cohen

A chalk mural that reads “The Big Ugly Bill polluters our water,” “Vote no!,” and “Hands off.”
Explainer
Jun 19, 2025
On Juneteenth, A Stark Look at Federal Environmental Justice Rollbacks – and an Opportunity to Push Back

The Trump administration is trying to turn back the clock on environmental justice progress. Here's what we're facing, and an opportunity to push back.

Jun 19, 2025
A group of protestors wearing black shirts and holding signs reading "Climate, Care, Jobs, Justice"
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Jun 6, 2025
Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is the worst bill ever for our communities and the environment. Here’s why, and how we can stop it.

Republicans' billionaire tax scam would stop clean energy progress in its tracks, raise energy costs for everyday people, and exact a devastating toll on our environment.

Jun 6, 2025
LCV staff in green shirts talking to Senator Michael Bennet (CO) on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
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Mar 12, 2025
Federal Budget Glossary: As a Potential Government Shutdown Looms, Key Terms to Make Sense of the Chaos in Congress

As Congress scrambles to fund the government before the March 14th deadline, here are the budget-related policy terms you should know to make sense of the chaos. 

Mar 12, 2025
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Feb 13, 2025
Decoding Trump’s Energy Policy: Misleading Terms and What They Really Mean

Here are some top phrases that corporate polluters and their lawmaker allies love, what they actually mean, and the impact their agenda will have on our communities and the climate in the coming years.

Feb 13, 2025
Senator John Thune speaks at a podium
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Feb 7, 2025
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Impacts So Far, and How We’re Fighting Back

If the new administration has made one thing clear, it’s that nothing, not even the U.S. Constitution, will stop them from attempting to enact their dangerous, extreme plan to hurt our families, destroy the environment, and upend our government and our lives.

Feb 7, 2025
Protestors carrying signs march down a Washington D.C street.
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