#heating
Labour’s plan to cut winter fuel payments to pensioners – cartoon
#Labour #OAP #pensioners #pension #retirement #heating #WinterFuelAllowance #electricity #CutsKill #Starmer #austerity
UK records 4,950 excess winter deaths amid cost of living crisis
New official data shows that a significant amount of people lost their lives last winter - and it seems as is a lack of governmental legislation and poor insulation could be to blame.
Stark new figures estimate that some 4,950 excess winter deaths last year in the UK were down to people living in cold and damp homes.
New official data from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition says those figures were recorded during winter 2022/23.
The Warm This Winter study also found that, when the average winter temperature in the UK drops below four degrees centigrade, the level of excess winter deaths sky-rockets.
https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/19/uk-records-4950-excess-winter-deaths-amid-cost-of-living-crisis
#UK #deaths #winter #freezing #CorporateTerrorism #ToryFascists #heating #PeopleNotProfits #energy #EnergyPrices #ToryScum #UnitedKingdom
Kremlin using coal subsidies to force Russian passports on residents in occupied Kherson Oblast
Moscow-installed illegal occupation authorities in Kherson Oblast are offering coal subsidies for heating purposes, but only to those residents who became Russian citizens, the Ukrainian military's National Resistance Center reported.
As part of its forced passportization strategy, Russia creates special incentives oriented toward residents in occupied Ukrainian territory to adopt Russian passports. At the same time, those Ukrainians who refuse Russian citizenship are often threatened with deportation or being forcibly mobilized into the Russian military.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #heating #blackmail #coal #subsidies #HumanRights #Imperialism #passports #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
#Global #heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex #Nasa scientist says ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/08/global-temperature-over-1-5-c-climate-change
District Heating - Simply Costs Less & More Efficient
While #Scotland was only just waking up to the advantages of district heating, #Shetland was already way ahead of the game
The beauty of district heating is that it’s community-led. It’s locally owned so we have control over the production and the pricing and we’re not at the mercy of global events that affect electricity costs
Whereas electricity costs have rocketed to around 30p/kWh, district heating has remained low, currently clocking in at 7.5p/kWh.
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/11/16/sheap-on-fire-for-25-years
