Trump promised to lower energy costs - his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most

Household energy bills in some Republican-leaning states could rise by more than $600 every year, analysis of the so-called 'big, beautiful bill' findsThe cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills.As air conditioners crank up across the US during another sweltering summer amid an unfolding climate crisis, rising energy costs will become even more severe for households due to the reconciliation spending bill passed by Republicans in Congress and signed by Trump, who called it the "big, beautiful bill", on 4 July. Continue reading...