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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 6h

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 · 7h

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 · 8h

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 · 8h

Oh!

Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 11h

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 · 13h

And who’s holding us back? Trump.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

SHOCKING! 🙄

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

Why? Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2025/09/23/why-grocery-prices-going-up/86296793007/

Grocery prices are jumping up. We explain why.

The most recent Consumer Price Index for grocery prices showed the largest monthly increase in three years.

www.usatoday.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 3d

Raising costs for Americans who didn’t vote for him (and some who did) is the level of petty we should expect at this point.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

Because it’s a pretty bad look.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/politics/republicans-trump-shutdown-layoffs-analysis

Analysis: Why some Republicans are getting cold feet about Trump’s shutdown layoff threats | CNN Politics

Republican Sen. Mike Lee offered some colorful commentary Wednesday night about Democrats and the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 4d

📣It was Project 2025 all along.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

A spiteful leader doesn’t lead—they endanger.

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

This is Trump’s shutdown 🗣️

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 5d

And now American families will pay the price with even higher power bills 📈

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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 6d

And he’s getting joy out of making life worse for Americans at the same time.

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