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Tag: Energy

Getting Squeezed: How the wars in Ukraine and Iran are affecting the pocketbooks of LA citizens

Reporter Delaney Nolan discusses how attacks on energy infrastructure drive up the price for U.S. liquified natural gas exports.
by Carolyne Heldman March 13, 2026 Updated March 15, 2026

The case for a Resilient and Renewable Portfolio Standard

"It’s standard operating procedure in politics these days to deride bold policy reform as “pie-in-the-sky,” or a “pipe-dream.” This requires a willful ignorance of the fact that visionary policy, driven and shaped by grassroot movements, has always been the engine that moves our democracy forward."
by Benjamin Nugent-Peterson March 12, 2020 Updated March 11, 2020

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