Posts Tagged ‘Home Heating’

One Answer to New England’s Home Heating Crisis

Steve Frechette is an oilman. So I was a little surprised when I dropped by his house on a muggy July day to find him standing waist deep in a trench, wrestling with two 10 foot steel posts. They stuck up like goal posts some six feet apart from each other. A four inch conduit [...]

As Congress Procrastinates, Many Communities Face a Cold Reality

Ten days ago, New Hampshire made headlines by announcing that it would participate in Citgo’s Low Cost Heating Oil Program. Although the effort is coordinated by the Massachusetts-based nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation, there’s no hiding the real source of this helping hand: Hugo Chavez, and the good people of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. That New [...]