Trump says gas prices may remain high through November midterm election Trump's comments came after ​weeks of asserting that the spike in prices is a short-term phenomenon.

Trump says gas prices may remain high through November midterm election 🛢️💸www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump...

The name Dustin McIntyre has appeared on registration forms filed by the newly formed anti-renewables Richland Farmland Preservation PAC in Ohio, as well as the Affordable Energy Fund Super PAC linked to the The Empowerment Alliance, a 501(c)(4) group aligned w/the gas industry

This Ohio county put a ban on wind and solar. Will voters reverse it? Richland County blocked large-scale renewables in most townships. Voters now have a rare opportunity to overturn that policy at the ballot box.

The treasurer for a new PAC formed to fight a local voter referendum aimed at overturning one county's ban on new wind + solar farms appears to be a Virginia-based political operative who is also the treasurer for a methane gas industry Super PAC www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News The industry group pays politicians to convince voters that natural gas is the “most affordable and reliable energy source.”

The Trump rollback of federal climate policy has made state battles more key for the fossil fuel industry. Enter "Natural Allies," an industry group in Pennsylvania that sell its pro-gas message to Democrats. By @kiley.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News The industry group pays politicians to convince voters that natural gas is the “most affordable and reliable energy source.”

Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Natural Gas Industry Front Group-- Natural Allies For A Clean Energy Future-- Targets Democrats In Pennsylvania insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

AEP CEO's compensation could hit $36.6M, topping region's highest-paid public company leader - Columbus Business First AEP CEO Bill Fehrman’s total compensation in his first full year totaled nearly $11 million more than Central Ohio’s highest-paid leader at a public company.

At a time when affordability concerns + rising energy costs are foremost on the minds of consumers, AEP reports that total compensation for its CEO Bill Fehrman could reach $36.6M for 2025, his first full year on the job www.bizjournals.com/columbus/new...

When utilities ask to raise rates, customers pay the legal fees. A bill in Mass. would change that Lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit utilities from passing on rate case expenses to their customers. Instead, the utility would foot the bill, taking the money out of its shareho...

When your utility asks state regulators to let them raise rates, they often hire expensive consultants and outside lawyers to help them make their case.

Then you, the ratepayer, foot the bill.
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Juror: Majority believed guilt in deadlocked trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives tied to HB 6 scandal 'Everyone was disappointed that we didn't come to a verdict,' juror Mark Baughman said after the announcement.

“Most people thought they were guilty,” says juror who served on hung jury in state criminal trial of FirstEnergy’s former CEO and top lobbyist www.wkyc.com/article/news...

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

🚨 The EPA just proposed to weaken limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas used to sterilize medical devices.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

Screenshot of EPI profit calculator titled, "How Much do Utilities Profit from Your Electric Bill?"

If you buy your electricity from an investor-owned utility, and you're curious about how much of your electric bill goes straight to profit, we did the math for you. energyandpolicy.org/utilityprofi...

How much profit is your utility making off you?

Electricity costs are soaring - this tool from @energyandpolicy.org shows how much extra your utility charges per month.

Nationally, electric utilities took ~15% of your bill for profit last year.
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🚨: Ever wonder how your utility bill is calculated or why it feels like it keeps rising year after year? Our new report, “Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits,” has answers. energyandpolicy.org/utility-prof...

New @energyandpolicy.org analysis finds 110 investor-owned electric utilities raked in $200 billion in profits from customers in 2021-2025, and that number is expected to grow as more utilities file their financial reports for 2025 energyandpolicy.org/utility-prof...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Since last year, I and Al Shaw & @bxroberts.org have investigated the linkages between Trump appointees and the industries they oversee. Today we published a searchable database containing approximately 3,200 financial disclosure forms of roughly 1500 officials.
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President Trump ousts Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief and names Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement https://cnn.it/4ubHabn

Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran

Trump planned to attend a political fundraiser for his MAGA Inc. Super PAC after launching war with Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u... via @nytimes.com

Trump’s repeal of the EPA’s science-based endangerment finding for harmful greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change checks off Item #2 on the “Action Plan” of a coal industry donor… who died in 2020 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In 2009, Donald Trump called on @barackobama.bsky.social to act now to prevent “catastrophic” climate change in a full page ad in the @nytimes.com static01.nyt.com/packages/pdf... What changed? Trump became beholden to political donors in the fossil fuel industry energyandpolicy.org/donald-trump...

Trump’s attempts to undo the science-based endangerment finding for greenhouse gases emissions that cause climate change is just an extension of the fossil fuel industry’s decades long war on the EPA’s authority to protect the public from climate change www.ucs.org/resources/wh...

Koch Network Database In DeSmog’s Koch Network Database, you can browse our extensive research on the individuals and organizations linked to Charles Koch or other members of the Koch family, Koch Industries, and related e...

The Koch network has funded an extensive network of organizations that attack climate science and clean energy and promote fossil fuels www.desmog.com/koch-network...

Chris Wright: Trump’s pick for Energy Secretary is a longtime member of Charles Koch’s political donor network Chris Wright is the CEO of Liberty Energy and Donald Trump's nominee for Energy Secretary. He's also a member of Charles Koch's political donor network.

Chris Wright was the CEO of a fracking services company and outspoken member of Charles Koch’s political donor network prior to his appointment as Trump’s Secretary of Energy energyandpolicy.org/chris-wright...

FOIAed emails show two employees - Travis Fisher + Joshua Loucks - from the Cato Institute, a group funded by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, transferred to DOE and worked on Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s climate denial report for the Trump administration.

Editorial: FirstEnergy must be reliable FirstEnergy wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to relax reliability standards to give them more time to fix the problem when there’s a power ...

OPINION: "Ohio can begin atonement through enforced reliability standards with equipment upgrades necessary to meet those standards funded by FirstEnergy shareholders."

Reminds me of Lumpy the Coal Man, the mascot for the coal industry group the Energy Policy Network energyandpolicy.org/coal-mining-...

Mike DeWine too. FirstEnergy secretly paid $3.5 million to groups like Freedom Frontier + State Solutions that backed DeWine + Husted during the 2018 elections. The duo helped FirstEnergy secure a since repealed $1 billion public bailout via the bribery-tainted HB 6 www.cleveland.com/open/2024/04...

Amended witness list for former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling in state criminal case in Ohio January 2025

U.S. Senator Jon Husted is named on an amended witness list for defendants former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling filed ahead of their state criminal trial later this month www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

PJM amicus brief supporting Virginia offshore wind project halted by Trump January 2025

Grid operator PJM tells court that the extended delay of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project halted by Trump "will cause irreparable harm to the 67 million Americans served by PJM" www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency is going to stop considering the economic benefits of reducing asthma, heart disease and premature deaths as it repeals limits on air pollutants like mercury, soot and smog, according to reports:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... 1/

Trump is the like the boy who cried “Wolf!” using national security as a false pretense to attack domestic offshore wind power. Judges are not buying this B.S.