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A shocking waste of your taxpayer dollars

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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT TRUMP'S  ILLEGAL TACTICS  TO STOP RENEWABLES AND CLEAN ENERGY!  CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY IS CHEAPER THAN DIRTY FOSSIL  FUELS! I have some truly alarming news to share. The Trump administration has just authorized nearly $2 billion in taxpayer money for a shocking purpose: to kill three American offshore wind projects. Trump is essentially paying energy companies to walk away from renewable energy using your hard-earned tax dollars. The catch? To receive the money, they must reinvest it in fossil fuels. This is corruption — plain and simple. Our SEEC Members are fighting back.   Rep. Jared Huffman  (the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee) and  Rep. Jamie Raskin  (the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee) have formally opened a Congressional investigation into these "deals." Will you donate now to help us fight back against this corruption, protect offshore wind, and hol...

Bill McKibben: The math has flipped on clean energy SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY!

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  In the latest issue of  Sierra  magazine,  renowned climate author & activist Bill McKibben  explains how the long-standing argument that fossil fuels are cheap while renewables are expensive no longer holds true. Read on to learn more about what this shift means for the fight to protect our climate. Photo by StoryWorkz The Renewable Energy Train Has Left the Station  The effort to scale solar and wind and reduce carbon emissions is gaining momentum  By Bill McKibben | March 11, 2026 For most of the climate change era, fossil fuel interests have stymied the transition to renewable energy for two main reasons: Burning oil and gas was cheap and clean energy was relatively expensive. Put another way, the primary thing causing the climate crisis, accounting for around two-thirds of the world's emissions, was also the thing that undergirded the global economy. But now, that calculus has shifted. About five years ago, we crossed an invisible line where...