Demand for electricity is on the rise, and utility companies are using it as a window to build more power plants. Please chip in today. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Here's the situation, John:

For the first time since the mid-2000's, demand for electricity is on the rise.

Source: New York Times

Record heat fueled by climate change is spurring people to crank up air-conditioning, along with greater demand from electric vehicles, data centers, manufacturing, and more.

The problem is that utility companies are using this demand for more electricity as an excuse to skirt regulations and justify a surge of new natural gas power plants.

One energy expert said that if a wave of new gas-fired plants gets approved by state regulators, "it is game over for the Biden administration's 2035 decarbonization goal."¹

Our movement successfully pressured President Biden to take a significant stand against fossil fuels, pausing approval of liquified natural gas export terminals. Now we need to double down on our efforts during this key inflection point to expand this pause to include all natural gas power plants.

Can you please chip in $3.50, or whatever works for you, today so that our movement can hold utility companies accountable and stop a new wave of natural gas power plants?

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The truth is that while it's entirely possible to meet this growing electricity demand without new power plants, the utility companies don't want to change the status quo.

Many utilities are claiming that renewable energy can't be brought online fast enough or is needed to back up wind and solar power, which don't run all the time.

But the truth of the matter is that they have financial incentives to build new gas plants, so it's no surprise that they want to overlook, or even block, ways to make existing power systems more efficient or to build more renewable energy.

We can meet this rising energy demand without fossil fuels, but whether or not that happens depends on how much pressure Biden, utility companies, and state regulators will face to do things differently. That's where you come in, John.

If everyone reading this pitches in what they can at this key moment, we'll have the resources needed to take on the utility companies and pressure President Biden to step in. Can you make a contribution today?

Whether you're able to donate today or not, we're grateful to you for reading this message and for being a major part of the climate justice movement.

With determination,

Team 350

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1 - The New York Times