Black activist to blast Biden admin energy agenda allegedly causing low-income households to ‘suffer most’
According to an internal preview of testimony to Congress, the head of a leading Black activist group is expected to blast the Biden administration's energy policies for prioritizing tackling climate change over the housing affordability crisis. Donna Jackson, director of membership development for Project 21, a Black think tank at the National Center for Public […]
Support planned for UK households struggling with winter energy bills | Fuel poverty
Ministers have pledged to help households struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills this winter after energy bosses warned that consumer debt had risen to more than £3 billion. With Labour facing criticism for scrapping the universal winter fuel allowance for pensioners, ministers met energy industry bosses on Wednesday to discuss ways to help […]
IRS reports collecting $1 billion from rich households’ back taxes – The Washington Post
The IRS announced Wednesday that it has collected $1 billion in taxes and penalties from hundreds of wealthy households who have accumulated years of delinquent tax debt amid a weakening of IRS enforcement. “The tax claims were not even in dispute. Clearly these people owed back taxes,” IRS Commissioner Danny Wuerfel said on a conference […]