Public Health & Environmental Justice

THE AUDACITY: NOW THEY WANT TO SURGE-PRICE YOUR DRINKING WATER

THE AUDACITY: NOW THEY WANT TO SURGE-PRICE YOUR DRINKING WATER

The Financial Times (Moral Money) reports:

As if predatory utility bills weren’t already draining working-class households dry, corporate policy analysts are now downplaying surge-pricing concerns while demanding ‘reformed’ water charging structures. Clean water is a basic human right, not a surge-priced Uber ride during a thunderstorm.

‘Surge pricing’ controversy distracts from the real need to reform charging structures

Financial Times (Moral Money)

Because nothing says unchecked capitalism quite like turning basic human thirst into a dynamic market opportunity.

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