Show Notes
In the fifth installment of In Your Backyard, MeidasTouch's new climate-focused series, Luke Radel digs into the affordability crisis straining budgets nationwide. Talking with two people faced with insurmountable prices for gas and utilities, and to a U.S. representative on a mission to link working people to the policies that shape our costs, communities, and elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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