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Tackling “Fuel Poverty” in rural communities

WORC's clean energy organizing pivots toward two important federal programs. Americans are struggling to make ends meet. Inflation is at a 41-year high, gas and food prices are through the roof, and wage growth, although encouraging, is lagging far behind inflation. People in low-income and marginalized communities are especially hard hit. One critical result is an increasing number of Americans who are facing “fuel poverty” – the inability to afford to…