Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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Trump’s Green Energy Sabotage Needs More Attention...NOW!!!

Think of your WALLET first & save money by reducing your expenses....

Allow me to share a recent issue...years ago, we replaced INCANDESCENTS with CFLs. ~15% of your electric bill is lighting. 

It's not sexy or headline grabbing, just your POCKET BOOK!

I replaced 2 ALWAYS ON LIGHTS with LEDs (that cost $1 each). The next month the bill dropped $5. Pretty good payback.

With the surcharges on the bill, the electric bill was creeping up & we began replacing CFLs with LEDs which began an odyssey of educating ourselves with availabilty & numerous outlets that overcharge including AMAZON & WALMART for which you need an outrageously priced membership to purchase overpriced LED BULBS. (Dispose of CFLs responsibly because they contain MERCURY.)

A limited attempt reduced the first partial month with some LED replacements by $13. 

60 watt equivalents were too bright in some locations, so we looked for 40 watt equivalents - most were grossly overpriced until we found 1000BULBS located in TEXAS. 

Their pricing for FLUORESCENT REPLACEMENTS is equally impressive although we haven't tackled FLUORESCENTS  yet. 

Shared only to highlight that if you want to reduce your expenses, you can with some time & effort!  Our peripherals are all on ENERGY STRIPS - when they're OFF - they're not using electricity. We can each pick away at our expenses & reduce our consumption.

You need to buy an appliance & ENERGY STAR provides the information that allows you to compare ENERGY EFFICIENCY of comparable appliances. Why not SAVE MONEY with the most efficient MODEL? 

Notice that EPA DESTROYER LEE ZELDIN wants to ELIMINATE ENERGY STAR - the program that rates ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF APPLIANCES - it allow CONSUMERS to make informed decisions & reduce their ENERGY CONSUMPTION!

There's an organization we support: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT COALITION (SEECPAC)  - consider subscribing!
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It may be familiar to you if you own an energy-efficient refrigerator, washing machine, or other household appliance. Energy Star is an energy efficiency program that has saved over $500 billion in energy costs and prevented 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution from entering the atmosphere. Those numbers alone make it the quintessential clean energy success story! 
But now, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is spreading misinformation about it and threatening to privatize the public program.
In response to questions from SEEC Member Rep. Darren Soto (FL-9), Lee Zeldin said that the Energy Star program could be run outside of the government and voiced his doubts about how much the program saved consumers (as if he didn’t have access to basic data about the program administered by his own agency). 

CHINA is promoting CHEAP CLEAN ENERGY! 

CHINA is building ROADS & making FRIENDS while TRUMP insults friends & allies. 

For decades, REPUBLICANS have used CHINA as an excuse not to reduce U.S. ENERGY CONSUMPTION even though Americans are ENERGY GUZZLERS, using more PER CAPITA than CHINA!

That is no longer true! CHINA is leading with CHEAP CLEAN ENERGY & they're prospering! 

CHINA has HIGH SPEED RAIL, improved ENERGY GRID while KOCH & DIRTY ENERGY oppose & obstruct CLEAN ENERGY & Trump wallows in BIG POLLUTERS' $$$ ! 

Trump repeats his LIES that WIND TURBINES cause cancer...

CHINA is making friends & building roads, while Trump insults & offends other nations.  

The REST OF THE WORLD moves on ... will America join them? 




SECRET Bombshell in GOP Disaster BILL FINALLY EXPOSED.mp4
 
 

Trump’s Green Energy Sabotage Needs More Attention...NOW!!!

In my interview with former Governor Jay Inslee, we break down how Trump’s cult-like GOP is gutting clean energy—and what you can do to stop it.


By Ben Meiselas

I had a critical conversation on the MeidasTouch Network this week with former Washington Governor Jay Inslee—one of the nation’s foremost leaders on climate action—and what we discussed should set off alarm bells for anyone who cares about American jobs, energy security, or even basic economic sanity.

The GOP’s proposed budget, crafted in Donald Trump’s image, isn’t just cruel. It’s a direct assault on the clean energy jobs that are transforming this country for the better. Jobs for electricians, ironworkers, machinists, and battery techs. Real, good-paying, American union jobs. Jobs that don't require a $40,000 degree but do provide dignity and a path to the middle class.

And Trump? He’s out there calling this the “green new scam,” mocking wind energy with his bizarre “windmills go round and round” rants. Meanwhile, our adversaries like China are thrilled to pick up the slack as we surrender our leadership in the global clean energy economy.


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Governor Inslee didn’t mince words. He called Trump’s policy “idiocy,” and he’s right. This MAGA cult is actively tanking tens of thousands of jobs. Inslee cited 62,000 lost already and driving up energy prices just to appease their failed, fossil-fueled overlord. These aren’t lefty talking points. These are hard economic facts. Solar and wind are now cheaper than coal in 92% of U.S. districts. Yet Trump and his cronies are tearing up the tax credits that made this revolution possible.

We must act. Inslee reminded us: democracy is simple. If politicians betray their constituents, we must vote them out. And that starts with putting heat on vulnerable Senate Republicans, folks like Thom Tillis in North Carolina, who know this MAGA budget is poison but are too spineless to stand up to Trump.

This isn’t over. The Senate can still stop this disaster. But only if we show up, speak out, and demand better. Call your senators. Share this interview. Join the movement. And let every last MAGA saboteur know: you kill our jobs, you kill your political career.

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