By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Were you ever told by a parent or teacher that you must wear a hat in cold weather because you lose the most heat from your head? That’s true of your home, and it applies to losing cold air as well as heat. Attic insulation may be…
Fall Is Around the Corner—Is Your Home Ready?
Soon, the leaves will be changing color. Shorter days, cooler weather, and the joys of the holiday season are the time to slow down and enjoy family and friends—not to be doing last-minute winterizing. Start the process now by doing a little each weekend, breaking that daunting to-do list down into manageable parts. For example,…
Australian Renters Struggle in Cold Winter as Energy Costs Soared: Study
A new study has found that surging energy costs have become the latest problem for Australian tenants living in accommodation with “brutal” conditions over the winter. The Cold and Costly report by the tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting measured temperature and humidity in over 70 rental homes across Australia through June and July and found…
UK Climate Protesters Face Jail for Further Attempts to Block Motorway
Climate protesters will face possible imprisonment if they make further attempts to block the UK’s busiest motorway after the government secured an injunction against such actions. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday that National Highways had been granted an injunction against the protests, which have shut down parts of the M25 five times in…
3 Arrested for Orchestrating Climate Protests on UK Motorway
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating a climate protest on the UK’s busiest motorway on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met said that it also made 14 arrests for obstructing the M25. So far at least 88 people are known to have been arrested by UK police for Wednesday’s protests, during…
UK Police Arrest Dozens of Activists Who Blocked Motorway
Police arrested at least 71 climate protesters on Wednesday after they blocked several junctions on the UK’s busiest motorway. The activists from the campaign group Insulate Britain, which is demanding government action on home insulation, stopped traffic on three sections on the M25 shortly after 8 a.m. Demonstrators sat on the road while stranded motorists…
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