About Our Cause

Energy laws before Congress aren’t taking into account the economic realities of working people. Proposals such as Cap-and-Trade would target coal-intensive states, home to millions of America’s working families and low-wage earners. Regardless of the environmental reasoning, such proposals would cause the price of electricity to rise drastically.

Renewable Energy proposals raise the same challenge. Many states are ill-equipped to take advantage of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind in an affordable way. In these states, working people will be forced to pay higher energy bills due to federal penalties assessed to energy producers and passed on to customers.

Research shows that higher energy prices have a greater impact as income decreases. This means that the most economically vulnerable Americans will suffer disproportionately. This is neither morally just nor politically fair.