Fishermen Are Paying For America’s Gas Boom. So Are You.

From More Perfect Union.

Correction: FISH stands for Fishermen Involved in Sustaining our Heritage. https://www.fishermenfightback.org/

Americans households paid at least $12 billion more for natural gas last year than 2024.

The culprit? Record-breaking exports sending energy overseas.

We traveled to Louisiana to see how fishermen and their families are getting squeezed in the quest for greater profits.

Producer: Paul Blest
Host: Drew Hawkins
Editor: Ian McKenna
Videographer: Justin Feltman, Daoud Qamar, Jared Cliff LaReau
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
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