Virginie Diambou is the director of racial equity at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Courtesy photo Virginie Diambou arrived in the United States 15 years ago, after fleeing two ...

The soaring cost of energy bills can be a real drain on household finances. Keeping a home comfortable in the summer or winter can lead to high costs, especially if it’s not properly weatherized.

One worker blew insulation through holes drilled into the South Broadway house, while another crawled around to winterize the attic and a third was in the basement wrapping insulation around pipes and ...

TESS VIGELAND: Green jobs have gotten an ongoing push from the Obama administration. And they came up again in this week’s State of the Union address. President Barack Obama: We should put more ...

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) aims to help locals weatherize their homes with a new program. The Weatherization Barriers Remediation Program is a new project the DEEP has ...

Obama administration officials say the home weatherization program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is making gains. Vice-President Joe Biden went to Manchester, N.H., on Aug. 26 ...

Prices on household items have seemingly been increasing non-stop since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Everything from food to electricity has become more expensive and the cost of ...

A leaky or damaged roof isn't just an inconvenience. For homeowners, it stands in the way of making other improvements, including ones that can save money like weatherizing a home to cut down on ...

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