A Letter to Liz
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Fauxahontas railed about the energy sector and their greed - how it's causing pain for the average American.
In her letters to the nation’s largest natural gas producers, Senator Warren blasted this corporate greed and asked for an explanation for their decisions to export record amounts of natural gas while imposing massive price increases on American families and small businesses.
“I am writing regarding my concern about rising natural gas prices for American consumers, the impact this will have for families struggling to pay their bills and keep their homes warm this winter, and the extent to which these price increases are being driven by energy companies’ corporate greed and profiteering as they ‘moved record amounts of U.S. gas out of the country,’” wrote Senator Warren.
Senator Warren continued: “The cause of rapidly rising energy prices for consumers and manufacturers is clear: some of the nation’s largest and most profitable oil and gas companies are putting their massive profits, share prices and dividends for investors, and millions of dollars in CEO pay and bonuses ahead of the needs of American consumers and the nation’s recovery from the pandemic.”
The CEO of EQT - an energy company she mentions responded:
https://www.eqt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ResponseLetterSenWarren.pdf
Hiking prices? ORLY?
And interspersed in it all is this little gem:
