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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 17m

The answer: Clean energy ⚡

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson's own district risks losing $500M for carbon renewal all because he's keeping the government shut down when he could reopen it—and he didn't even know that.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 16h

Shutting down the government and punishing Americans by raising prices for no reason—yes, even Republicans are calling it insane.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 18h

Trump guts clean energy → less supply → your bills go up 📈 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/trump-energy-bills-prices.html

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

www.nytimes.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 19h

Trump treats the federal government like his personal ATM: Dole it out to friends, freeze it for foes, and call it making America great.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 22h

You read that right, the Sharpie guy is now running NOAA. Hope he packed extra markers for “updating” the weather reports.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 23h

Translation: If it cuts emissions or energy costs, it’s out.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

There is a clean energy future out there but Trump is trying to pull the plug on it. apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

apnews.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Because of Trump. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2025/10/04/flood-insurance-washed-out-by-shutdown

Flood insurance washed out by government shutdown

Even people who renewed their policies ahead of the government shutdown could be subject to delayed reimbursement should a catastrophe occur in North Carolina.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Solar and wind are doing what fossil fuels can’t: Keeping up with demand and keeping costs down.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Rolling back *drinking water standards*?!

Trump’s team is coming for the basics we need to live.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says clean energy drives up prices. Turns out it’s the only thing driving them down.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/green-electricity-costs-cheap-trump-00594123

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

www.politico.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Oh!

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s war on wind is hurting the very states that helped put him in office the hardest.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

Week two of Trump’s shutdown, AKA one big, beautiful disaster for workers and clean energy projects.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

And who’s holding us back? Trump.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

Trump wanted center stage—now he’s taking the blame. Turn a shutdown into a circus, and you become the clown. https://www.msnbc.com/news/news-analysis/trump-shutdown-blame-project-47-newsletter-rcna235861

Trump turned the shutdown into spectacle. That's not helping him.

The president put himself in the spotlight, so he's taking the blame.

www.msnbc.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

Threatening layoffs instead of opening YOUR government is…an interesting tactic.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

Trump still hasn’t released the September jobs report, but we can guess where he wants the jobs—back in the mines 🫠

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 2d

Day 7 of Trump’s shutdown: Federal paychecks halted, agencies frozen, and chaos on repeat.

The only thing still running is his mouth.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

Trump wants us hooked on fossil fuels so he can keep our bills high, our lights dim, and his billionaire friends’ wallets full.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

He’s killing projects that would’ve lowered costs and created jobs so he can keep raising energy prices instead.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has been an emergency in this country since 2016. https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-is-the-emergency-dems-eye-second-vote-on-energy-order/

‘Trump is the emergency’: Dems eye second vote on energy order

The Senate will take a second vote in the coming days against President Donald Trump's energy emergency.

www.eenews.net

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

FEMA grants meant for safety, blocked by cruelty.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/politics/fema-halts-preparedness-grant-money-migrants

In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migrants | CNN Politics

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency preparedness grants, requiring states to prove their population counts before they can ac...

www.cnn.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

SHOCKING! 🙄

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