Families in need for environmentalists
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"The price of home energy is very big news these days.
News that affects everybody everywhere in America.
This past winter you probably had to make sure you were sitting down when you oppened your home energy bills.
But what if you were poor, working hard at a minimum wage job that doesn't cover the basics of your family's life, even when energy costs aren't so high?
Or what if you were older and living on a fixed income, asking yourself the basic question: Do I pay the utilities or do I buy my medicine?
With these realities, lower thermostats and sweaters aren't enough. They never have been for the poor. Sometimes, for many Americans, it literally comes down to the grim choice of heating or eating. For America's poor, the high price of home energy isn't just big news, it's a life-changing, often debilitating, reality."
Take a look at this report on the effect of home energy costs on Low-income Americans produced by
The National Low Income Energy Consortium collaborated with the National Energy Assistance Directors' Association and the National Fuel Funds Network.
The Cold Facts
"The price of home energy is very big news these days.
News that affects everybody everywhere in America.
This past winter you probably had to make sure you were sitting down when you oppened your home energy bills.
But what if you were poor, working hard at a minimum wage job that doesn't cover the basics of your family's life, even when energy costs aren't so high?
Or what if you were older and living on a fixed income, asking yourself the basic question: Do I pay the utilities or do I buy my medicine?
With these realities, lower thermostats and sweaters aren't enough. They never have been for the poor. Sometimes, for many Americans, it literally comes down to the grim choice of heating or eating. For America's poor, the high price of home energy isn't just big news, it's a life-changing, often debilitating, reality."
Take a look at this report on the effect of home energy costs on Low-income Americans produced by
The National Low Income Energy Consortium collaborated with the National Energy Assistance Directors' Association and the National Fuel Funds Network.
The Cold Facts
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