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How To Eliminate Fuel Poverty

November 1, 2011 by David Thorpe
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Thousands of lives could be saved by giving energy bill rebates to the fuel poor that are conditional on having smart meters, advice, energy audits and eco-refits.A recent report by Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics for the Government estimated that at least 2,700 people die every winter because they can’t afford... [read more]

Energy Secretary Steven Chu on home weatherization: Saving money by saving energy

October 31, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The guest blogger today is the Nobel prize-winning Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, by way of HuffPost.  As you’ll see, he’s the mirror image of Bush’s Energy Secretary (see “Bodman as Orwell: DOE erases ‘most successful’ weatherization program from website“). I’ve always been a bit of an energy efficiency nut. I’ve made it my... [read more]