Category: Energy and Green Intiatives
EVENT SUMMARY: Strategy for Action to Advance Healthy Housing
-- Re-posted from the Weatherization Plus Health blog -- On Monday, February 4th, the federal Healthy Homes Work Group (HHWG) held an event at the National Building Museum to launch the new Advancing Healthy Housing: A Strategy for Action. The Strategy lays out the goals and priorities of the HHWG to advance healthy housing initiatives for the next three to five years nationwide. The event also
READ MOREWeatherization Plus Health: January is National Radon Action Month
-- Ryan Ward, Research Analyst, Weatherization Plus Health, NASCSP -- Radon is a dangerous gas that is imperceptible to sight, smell or taste. It is the second leading cause for lung cancer deaths nationally, claiming around 20,000 lives annually. Radon gas typically enters the home through its lower levels, coming from the surrounding soil and entering through cracks and openings, such as
Weatherization Saves Lives
-- Alice Gaston, Program Assistant, Weatherization Services-- Last year, a furnace specialist doing work for the Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency in New York State saved a homeowner’s life when he recognized the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. While installing a new water heater, Carl Harvey saw the old water heater pipe’s had been blocked, spilling deadly levels of carbon
37 Senators Sign onto WAP Letter – the Most Ever!
Last month, NASCSP and Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA) worked with partners to circulate a letter in the Senate asking President Obama to restore WAP funding to no less than $210 million for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 as well as continue funding the State Energy Program (SEP) at $50 million. The text of the letter can be seen below. The letter was a tremendous success, with 37 Senators
READ MOREThe National Consumer Law Center's Report Lauds WAP ARRA
The below excerpt is reprinted with permission from the National Consumer Law Center's report "Low Income Weatherization: Stimulus-Funded Program Shines but Storm Clouds are on the Horizon." Executive Summary On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the Federal Stimulus or Recovery Act. The President
