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Home heating tips: Fact vs. myth
As winter quickly approaches, now is the time to dust off those space heaters and gather around the fireplace. Or is it? In fact, fireplaces can be the greatest culprits when it comes to heat loss. "Open dampers suck warm air right out," warns Julie...
Tags: Energy, Energy Saving, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Energy
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DEP Announces Fuel Waivers in Response to Hurricane Sandy
Department of Environmental ProtectionThe Department of Environmental Protection announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given authorization to grant two kinds of temporary fuel waivers due to fuel shortages from Hurricane Sandy. DEP requested on Friday that EPA...Tags: Environmental Politics, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Diesel Fuel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Apply Early, Online for Assistance with Home Heating Bills
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, will start accepting new applications for this winter today. LIHEAP provides assistance for home heating bills to keep low-income Pennsylvanians warm and safe during the winter months....Tags: Pension and Welfare, Personal Income, Politics, Interior Policy
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Make a Halloween costume, On The Cheap style
Do you want to hear something really scary? The average person is expected to spend nearly $80 this year on Halloween costumes, decorations and candy, according to the National Retail Federation. That's up from about $72 last year. That sure sounds like...
Tags: Halloween, Safety of Citizens, National Retail Federation, Pen Argyl, Government
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Higher home heating costs expected this winter
PETOSKEY -- Mother Nature might not be as friendly toward Midwestern consumers' heating budgets for the 2012-13 winter as she was a year earlier, some observers of weather and heating cost trends predict. The U.S. Energy Information Administration...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Energy Resources, Consumers, Finance
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Lisa Murkowski Speech Opens 2nd Day of 2012 AFN Convention
Channel 2 NewsThe second day of the 2012 Alaska Federation of Natives convention was highlighted by a speech from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who addressed delegates in Anchorage for her 10th time as a senator Friday. Murkowski took the stage at the Dena’ina Center...Tags: Daniel Akaka, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Joe Miller, World War II (1939-1945)
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NIPSCO expects winter heating bills to remain flat this winter
WSBT-TVMERRILLVILLE, Ind. – NIPSCO has some good news as we head into the cold weather season. Assuming we have normal winter temperatures, NIPSCO expects our home heating bills to be among the lowest in a decade and slightly below last year’s...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Malloy's Energy Plan: Use Less Of It More Wisely
The high cost of energy has been a major drag on Connecticut's businesses and residents for years. Despite efforts to bring them down, energy costs are still on the short list of reasons for the state's tepid economic growth. So, for starters, let's...
Tags: Business, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Global Warming
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Somerset County residents deal with high gas prices
Daily American Staff WriterWith gas prices on the rise — up to $5 a gallon in certain places in California — Somerset residents are concerned about the price of gas in town. According to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, the state average for regular gas is $3.90,...Tags: AAA, Energy Saving, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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New triggers found for weight gain
As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. Although personal decisions and self-...
Tags: Research, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Harvard Medical School, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Ed Page On Facebook: Should Bad Jobs Numbers Be Held Against Obama?
The following is an abridged version of a discussion on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Andrew Teixeira: I'm sorry ... I thought Congress had something to do with creating jobs?!?! Instead of clamoring to cut federal spending, maybe...Tags: Employment, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Money and Monetary Policy, Petroleum Industry
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From Pellets to Plants, Chena Renewable Energy Fair Promotes Innovation
When the Renewable Energy Fair started seven years ago at Chena Hot Springs near Fairbanks, a lot of what we saw back then wasn't tried and true. Today, many of those technologies -- wind, solar and biomass -- are in use across Alaska, where some of the...
Tags: Don Young, Renewable Energy, Bodies of Water, Science and Technology, Ron Wyden
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