Pay a gas bill? You could be funding fossil fuel lobbyists
The fine print of your monthly energy bills likely contains lots of small surcharges and extra fees from your utility. But there’s one they don’t list that should anger anyone who is a fan of clean air, a stable climate and a healthy democracy. Just about every gas utility in the country is a member of the American Gas Association, and most use money from their customers’ bills to pay their membership fees. That means that approximately 70 million people may be paying for the AGA’s army of lobbyists and misleading advertising every month, without ever knowing it. That’s unacceptable at a time when the price of “natural” gas has nearly tripled and 1 in 5 Americans are struggling to pay their high energy bills.
