WRITTEN BY DONALD J. KOCHAN ON SEP 27, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
Climate Lawsuits Jack Up Consumer Prices, Threaten U.S. Security
oil workerRussia’s invasion of Ukraine is a reminder that energy security is both a national security issue and a household financial security issue.
When oil and gas prices go up for any reason, including due to supply-side constraints from this war, the nation struggles to find affordable alternative supplies and ends up buying energy from disagreeable and undemocratic foreign regimes, undoubtedly helping to prop them up. [bold, links added]
Everything energy related – from the price at the pump to the energy we consume to run air conditioners and before you know it, heat for the winter – has been skyrocketing.
When that happens, we should find ways to bring energy prices down, especially from domestic sources, instead of supporting frivolous litigious escapades that drive up prices.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-lawsuits-jack-up-consumer-prices-threaten-u-s-security/
