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Is Your Power Company Funding Climate Denial? - How We Fix The Climate
Why have power bills gotten so expensive?
One of the biggest reasons is our dependence on fossil fuels, specifically gas, to generate electricity. What’s worse, we have alternatives that are cheaper, more stable, and that don’t emit climate pollution. But electric utilities have lobbied against efforts to transition to clean energy. And they’re making you pay for it with money from your power bills.
Experts featured:
David Pomerantz - Energy and Policy Institute, https://energyandpolicy.org/
Selena Feliciano - Energy Democracy Project, https://energydemocracy.us/
How We Fix The Climate is a project by Evergreen Collaborative collaborative.evergreenaction.com
Research citations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sI-Fm0LNDt2wEyGAI8dfCirW41rMacp70shr6Ys66Io/edit
0:00 Introduction
2:06 Utility Monopolies
4:57 Lobbying
9:39 Greenwashing
11:45 EPA's Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants
13:22 Ratepayer Protection Laws
15:06 Wrap-up