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For contractors who want to help low-income households lower their utilities and raise comfort, while also turning a profit, getting into weatherization could be a great choice. The federal government ...

Bennie Tillman Jr. lives in a two-bedroom, one-bath house that his father built in Athens, Georgia, back in 1948. By 2022, “it was worn-out,” Tillman told me — drafty on cold winter nights and ...

The federal Weatherization Assistance Program is the oldest and largest energy efficiency initiative in American history. Born from the 1973 oil crisis, it helps low- and moderate-income households ...

Energy expenses affect millions of American households in serious ways, so the Weatherization Assistance Program is the much-needed federal program that can reduce this burden by making serious ...

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Unemployment and the shift to remote work have confined many U.S. workers to their homes for much of the past year and half. But some are struggling to keep their homes adequately lit, heated, and ...

The soaring cost of energy bills can be a real drain on household finances. Keeping a home comfortable in the summer or winter can lead to high costs, especially if it’s not properly weatherized.

MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. In the basement of Phyllis Fick’s ordinary-looking suburban house, Tim Kenny of C&O Conservation, a nonprofit weatherization company, found black streaks of dirt on the yellow ...

On the night of November 19, residents from South Holland, Dixmoor, Dolton, and other nearby south-suburban communities gathered outside Thornwood High School. In a line extending onto the sidewalk, ...

As dangerously cold temperatures loom in the forecast for Dallas-Fort Worth, power grid reliability is on the minds of many Texans. After the state experienced extensive power outages and freezing ...

In my reporting for my column this week, I had an email exchange with Bruce Tonn, who led the team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that performed an analysis of the federal weatherization program.