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Dec 19, 2025
Santa’s coal, Trump, and your high energy bills: The surprising link

The Trump admin is on the naughty list. Santa may give them just what they want: more coal. Here's why that means higher energy prices and dirtier air for the rest of us.

Dec 19, 2025
The White House surrounded by huge lumps of coal for being on the naughty list.
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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
Portraits of Abigail Spanberger, Peter Hubbard, Alicia Johnson, and Mikie Sherrill over a green background.
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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 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
A hand reaching for a pile of pins with the American flag or "Vote" on them, next to three small American flags
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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
The U.S. Capitol building in black and white.
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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.”
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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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