"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [1]
"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"

"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"
"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”
"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."
"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."

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"With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming them for skyrocketing energy costs. ... Energy analysts say renewable sources have little to do with recent price hikes, which are based on increased demand, aging infrastructure and increasingly extreme weather events such as wildfires that are exacerbated by climate change."
"Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-power-bills-are-rising-and-why-s-not-changing-soon
[2] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/why-power-bills-are-rising
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/covid-vaccine-opponent-tapped-lead-federal-review-team
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/health/covid-vaccines-rfk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.xkEL.JWMtk735bQc4&smid=url-share
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-orders-work-halted-wind-farm-nearly-built
[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/climate/trump-administration-halts-revolution-wind.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.4b9-.ZRWymzCaWl4n&smid=url-share
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-orders-alligator-alcatraz-closed-over-nepa-failures
[8] https://www.eenews.net/articles/judge-orders-alligator-alcatraz-closed-over-nepa-failures/
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-covering-climate-now-academy
[10] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-pulitzer-centers-ocean-reporting-fellowships
[11] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-nasw-travel-fellowship-indigenous-journalists
[12] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-sciwri25-support-grant
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-blames-renewables-rising-electricity-prices-experts-disagree
[14] https://apnews.com/article/trump-electricity-prices-wind-solar-7c089e33bf237a218f7ea9fe54ecb019
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/they-kindled-froggy-romance-and-rescued-eggs-save-species-mississippi
[16] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/climate/mississippi-dusky-gopher-frog.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gE8.VKCj.TtSZ4yam4C4F&smid=url-share
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=198
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=195
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=196
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=197
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=200
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=201
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=202
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=203
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4995