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Many of us have felt the pinch of high electricity bills over the winter, and our bills only seem to go up. Well, it’s not your imagination. Electricity rates at the big three investor-owned utilities have risen relentlessly over the past few years. (1) Electricity rates at the big investor-owned utilities have risen far faster […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...