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Plan to provide heating aid and relief checks fails in Maine Senate

Plan to provide heating aid and relief checks fails in Maine Senate

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Maine Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked passage of an emergency bill to provide direct checks and heat and housing assistance to struggling Mainers this winter. The Senate voted along party lines, with Democrats supporting Governor Janet Mills’ proposed plan and Republicans opposing it. The 21-8 vote fell short of the two-thirds support needed to pass …

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Governor Mills offers $450 relief checks under heating assistance program

Governor Mills offers $450 relief checks under heating assistance program

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Governor Janet Mills on Tuesday unveiled a $474 million winter emergency energy relief plan that would include $450 checks for eligible Mainers and provide funds to top up home heating assistance, emergency fuel and short-term emergency housing to prevent homelessness. The short-term package of measures, which requires the support of two-thirds of lawmakers to take …

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Volunteers help out at the Sean Powers Wood Bank annual work day. (Rosalie Smith/NHPR)

With high heating costs, the demand for assistance, firewood and sweeping is on the rise in NH

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As the cost of heating a home skyrockets, community action organizations and wood banks prepare for a harsh winter. Southwest Community Services typically serves approximately 4,000 clients each year through their fuel assistance program. This year, they received 4,600 applications before the technical opening of the program on Thursday, according to Keith Thibault, director of …

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With high heating costs, the demand for assistance, firewood and sweeping is on the rise in NH

With high heating costs, the demand for assistance, firewood and sweeping is on the rise in NH

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As the the price of heating a house is skyrocketingcommunity action organizations and timber banks are preparing for a tough winter. Southwest Community Services typically serves approximately 4,000 clients each year through their fuel assistance program. This year, they received 4,600 applications before the technical opening of the program on Thursday, according to Keith Thibault, …

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Indigenous-run solar company aims to reduce emissions and heating costs

Indigenous-run solar company aims to reduce emissions and heating costs

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OSAGE, Minn. – Neat piles of aluminum sheets, insulation and dark metal frames lie on long tables in a quiet northern Minnesota manufacturing plant. A group of Native American workers assemble the components into a green energy technology with the goal of reducing heating bills and emissions on tribal lands and beyond. 8th Fire Solar, …

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