Kansas City Activists Push Back Impending Spire Gas Price Hike

An important local collab and the local cost of living STILL rising despite political changes.

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Sunrise KC blasted the billionaire corporation, saying Spire “wants to keep making millions off of gas so they can give their executives bonuses every year by squeezing working people for every cent they can get, while simultaneously polluting our communities and environment.” The youth-led climate group urges residents to “pull up to a public hearing to tell the commission that we deserve better—and not fossil-fuel greed.”

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"Not One Cent More": KC Residents Mobilize to Block Spire's Gas Price Hike - The Kansas City Defender

Spire, Missouri's natural gas monopoly, wants to increase utility rates 15% a month, even though the company made a 24% increase in market cap last year reaching a $9 billion valuation. Meanwhile, everyday Missourians struggle to afford rent, groceries, and everyday necessities.