Gazans turns to firewood as energy prices soar
GazaReuters In one of Gaza City’s oldest suburbs, Saadeya al-Malaha collects dry branches she finds by the side of the roads, then carefully balances the pile on her head and carries it home to light a fire and cook for her two children. With winters growing harsher, gas prices climbing and regular power cuts, Palestinians […]
Postcards: German churches save on heat, still help the needy warm up
The Associated Press report from Berlin on how churches in Germany are stepping up to help people struggling with freezing temperatures and rising energy costs…
A Sustainable Life: How to keep your home warm during very cold weather (on a budget) – and avoid dangerous heating ‘hacks’
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARI MARTISKAINEN, a professor of energy and society at the University of Sussex in the UK, provides some tips for keeping warm at home at a time of rising power bills…
Europe’s south offers a warm welcome to energy migrants
Madrid, Spain/Lisbon, PortugalReuters Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland. He is not alone in pursuing a […]
UK churches offer a ‘Warm Welcome’ as rising energy costs, inflation bite ahead of winter
Norwich, UK UK churches are leading the way in launching a nationwide ‘Warm Welcome’ campaign designed to help people cope with high energy costs and inflation amid the approaching cold winter weather. Warm Welcome spokesperson, Sim Dendy, Senior Leader of the Freedom Church UK, explained: “People have been raising concern about energy costs since early […]