White House Shrugs Off Shaky Economy as War Exceeds Trump’s Timeline

While American families struggle to pay for gas that's more than $4/gallon, oil and gas companies made $30 million every hour in profits in the first month of Trump's war in Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/politics/t...

Does he think we can't see the data?

Heavy on the worst.

No one is working against us more than Trump.

Clean energy is the cheapest and most reliable form of energy we have, despite Trump’s attacks.

Trump’s war with Iran is hitting our wallets, hard. Gas jumped to $4+/gallon, inflation is up, and oil prices are spiking. His war abroad means higher prices at home.

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Climate change is heating up our country—fast. Heat waves are coming earlier and are more intense than ever before.

Sneezing all day? Thanks, climate change.

Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say

Trump is embarrassing us on a global scale.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/dc-c...

This is the direct result of a president who is obsessed with fossil fuels.

Air pollution and heat linked to surge in migraine attacks Air pollution, heat and humidity are linked to increased migraine activity, with higher exposure raising the risk of severe attacks

The climate crisis is a public health crisis.
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Reporter: “How much longer will Americans continue to see these high gas prices?”
Trump: “Well, they’re not very high.”

FACT: US gas prices have surged past $4 a gallon.

Human-caused warming is intensifying hurricanes, driving greater destruction and more frequent extreme storms.
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As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future. Seven years later, Gov.

Delaying clean energy won’t cut costs, it locks families into higher energy bills.
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As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future. Seven years later, Gov.

Delaying clean energy won’t cut costs, it locks families into higher energy bills.
apnews.com/article/affordability-cl...

Map shows record-breaking shift in temperatures—millions at risk A map showed the record-breaking shift in temperatures that could put millions at risk.

10 states just shattered heat records that stood for more than a century. This is our new normal, driven by climate change, and made worse by the people still refusing to act. www.newsweek.com/march-2026-hottest-tempe...

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

$30M an hour.

Every hour they're making enough to cover a full year of energy bills for about 15,000 families—and we're paying for it. www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/...

Trump’s Least Popular Issue? Most of Them It’s almost like a bizarre political science experiment: Just how many unpopular policies can one president pursue? From starting a war with Iran to threatening Greenland to building a new White House...

That sounds about right.
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Don’t mention climate: Trump creates "beyond absurd" situation at world finance summit The Iran crisis "is a huge opportunity" to move away from fossil fuels, one leader notes—and it would be "tragic" to waste it.

Once again, Trump is embarrassing us on the global stage.
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Heat Waves Are Getting So Brutal That They Just Kill You, Full Stop A new study found that the threshold for human survivability during extreme heatwaves is a lot lower than previously thought.

Heat waves kill.

As the climate crisis accelerates, scientists warn we’re seeing conditions the human body can’t survive.
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Gas prices jumped 21% in a single month under Trump. He sold Americans a lie and we're paying for it at the pump.

Trump is freezing NOAA funding, putting climate and weather science at risk. 42 scientists were furloughed and vital data on extreme weather is threatened—right as extreme heat kicks in. thehill.com/policy/energy-environmen...

Trump isn’t worried about gas prices, but Americans are—and the GOP should be.

The average price of gas is $4.07 and nothing Trump is doing is going to lower that.

Trump dismantled the very protections meant to keep us safe—leaving us more exposed and vulnerable as the climate crisis intensifies.

What’s important to Trump isn’t what’s important to us.

Trump’s war is driving up costs—and working families are paying the price. From gas to groceries, the affordability crisis is the consequence of his reckless actions.

Spring has sprung 💐

The hottest March in 132 years—and Trump’s dismantling the very protections meant to keep us safe.