The Rising Burden of Energy Costs On Minority Families

Did you know that energy costs for the average U.S. household since 2001 have more than doubled? Or that rising energy costs are disproportionately impacting minority households?

Those are the findings of a new study we released today.

Click here to take a look at the full study.

Comments

[Mark Kresowik]

Why doesn't your study point out that disadvantaged communities suffer disproportionately from coal plants' pollution: http://www.catf.us/publications/view/20. Or that coal prices have increased 100% in the last twelve months (http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/coalnews/coalmar.html), that coal transportation has nearly tripled and the capital costs for building a new plant have more than doubled in the last few years, that the cost of capturing and storing carbon from coal plants (which is unlikely to be commercially deployed at a large scale for at least 15-20 years, if ever) makes coal power unaffordable in comparison to clean energy like wind power? Or that energy efficiency programs per kilowatt-hour are 1/5 the projected cost of new coal plants and capable of eliminating growth in energy demand and thus a much better choice for those already struggling to pay rising energy costs. Is it because that means coal plants of any kind are a terrible choice for marginalized and disadvantaged communities?