https://www.theenergymix.com/first-person-invest-in-local-energy-not-pipelines/ The climate news that makes a difference. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.theenergymix.com/first-person-invest-in-local-energy-not-pipelines/#comment-25195 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:28:25 +0000 https://www.theenergymix.com/?p=151446#comment-25195 Absolutely agree. To expand on the paragraph about tenants, we need programs specifically aimed at low income households, including tenants. Many provinces have them, including Nova Scotia’s Efficiency NS which has a free HomeWarming program that has insulated over 25,000 homes owned by low income families at no cost and creating considerable savings. They have a Mi’kmaw program and a program for landlords renting to low income households that is not nearly as successful as HomeWarming due to the complications of doing that in a way that gets landlords to sign up while protecting tenants from rent increases – but it’s a start. All these programs receive lots of funding from the federal and provincial governments. Efficiency Canada has advocated for more federal funding for low income programs for years and just in the last couple of years it’s been happening. The federal financing is at risk in the coming federal election, likely to be axed if Poilievre wins. As the article suggests, support for such programs should be promoted vigorously as part of the response to Trump’s aggression.

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