AI6YR BenMay 7

The Guardian: Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/07/us-utilities-fund-groups-against-public-power-lobby

#astroturfing #climateemergency #power

Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them

The Guardian
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@ai6yr
Energy companies are doing a great job of persuading everyone that they need to be owned by the public.
May 7 at 2:22pmWeb
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@me_valentijn @ai6yr
Internet companies did this twenty years ago and mostly had success 🙃