The solar power nonprofit GRID Alternatives recently celebrated reaching the mark of 9,800 California solar power systems installed for low-income people. All this work was accomplished in just 14 years, so it is obviously a huge accomplishment. GRID answered some questions for CleanTechnica about its achievements. You have reached thousands … [continued]
Originally published on Think Progress. By Marlene Cimons When Diana Story, a grandmother who lives in the Maple Park neighborhood of Chicago’s South Side, wanted to lower her energy bills and fix any problems in the 55-year-old single-family house she shares with four other people, a neighbor suggested she check … [continued]
The Obama Administration in March announced $5 billion in funding to weatherize low income homes, but today little of that money has been spent. The logjam of Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) money that should be going to upgrade windows and insulation has been blamed on the Departments of Energy and … [continued]
