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Brussels’ zero-for-zero tariff offer not enough, U.S. president says, but indicates he’s open to a deal if the bloc commits to closing the trade deficit in goods.

As extreme summer temperatures grip the Lone Star State, a quiet crisis is unfolding behind closed doors across North Texas. Households are grappling with a

The United Nations reported attacks and strikes in Ukraine have killed civilians, damaged energy facilities and humanitarian warehouses—raising acute concerns about heating and aid delivery ahead of winter.

Kyiv reported 1,130 apartment buildings on the left bank of the Dnipro were without heating from Jan. 3 and may remain so for months amid attacks on thermal plants and transmission lines; local authorities opened warming centers and President Zelensky reiterated willingness to negotiate.

Russian drone and missile attacks damaged energy infrastructure and struck civilian targets, including a bus of miners that the broadcast says killed 12 and wounded 16; Kyiv and several regions face emergency blackouts as temperatures plunge to −20 °C and pipes freeze.

This report explores how rising utility costs and increasing temperatures Impact low-income New Yorkers' basic energy needs.

In Powerless, sociologists Diana Hernández and Jennifer Laird reveal the hidden hardship of “energy insecurity” – the inability to adequately meet household energy needs.

New preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2024 Residential Energy Consumption Survey reveal that 32.9% of U.S. households—about 43.6 million homes—reported some form of energy insecurity over the prior 12 months, compared with 27.2% in 2020 and 31.3% in 2015. Energy insecurity is defined as an inability to adequately meet basic household energy needs, reflected in behaviors such as receiving disconnection notices, experiencing actual utility shutoffs, cutting back on food or medicine to pay bills, or enduring unhealthy indoor temperatures because heating and cooling systems are too costly to operate or repair. The survey highlights that energy hardship is no longer confined to low‑income or historically marginalized groups. Middle‑income households earning $60,000–$100,000 saw their share reporting energy problems jump from 20.1% in 2020 to 32.1% in 2024, a 12‑percentage‑point increase far above the national average rise of 5.7 points. White households also saw their risk grow sharply, from 20.1% to 26.4%, while seniors and working‑age adults with children reported rising insecurity despite safety‑net programs historically aimed at protecting older Americans. Even people living in well‑insulated, energy‑efficient homes are now more likely to struggle, particularly in warm‑weather regions such as the Southwest and Southeast, where demand for cooling has surged but policy support still focuses mainly on heating in colder states. The author argues that traditional energy‑affordability programs, such as the Low‑Income Home Energy Assistance Program, are outdated: designed in the 1970s to prioritize heating and crisis‑level shutoff prevention, they have not kept pace with higher cooling demand, rising electricity rates driven by data centers and fossil‑fuel price volatility, or the broader shift in household economics. The 2024 survey snapshot, though high‑quality, already lags behind the accelerating crisis, suggesting that many more Americans may now be struggling to keep their homes heated, cooled, and powered than the most recent official figures indicate.

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