http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9882/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rising-power-bills-hurt-low-income-nova-scotians-m/18830 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ecology Action Centre report proposes rate relief, energy efficiency measures </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/affordable_energy.jpg" alt="" title="Rising power bills are a real problem for low income Nova Scotians. An EAC proposal aims to change that. Photo by Bert Kaufmann" width="450" height="297" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><i>&quot;Based on our work with low income families, Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank believes that the cost of electricity service is growing more and more difficult for low income people to meet.</i></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rising-power-bills-hurt-low-income-nova-scotians-m/18830" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rising-power-bills-hurt-low-income-nova-scotians-m/18830#comments Robert Devet Poverty eat or heat poverty Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:23:43 +0000 Robert DeVet 18830 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca