Gas shortages, freezing temperatures, firewood hoarding: Just how bad could things get this winter?

Skyrocketing energy prices have prompted some Europeans to stockpile basic forms of heating and buy stoves to keep warm Natural gas prices across Europe have quadrupled this year. Looking ahead to winter and imagining the new heights energy values may hit, consumers are starting to opt for an alternative (old) form of heating – wood. Huge demand for…

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Millions could be left without heat and food in winter, London mayor warns

The UK government needs to step in and make sure people are able to meet their basic needs, Sadiq Khan says Millions of people in the UK could find themselves unable to put food on the table and heat their homes this coming winter if the government doesn’t intervene, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on…

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Americans censoring themselves on Covid, race and abortion – survey

While liberal views prevail in public, most groups are far more moderate in private A new survey has found that, despite expressing liberal views in public, most Americans’ actual beliefs are less extreme. The self-censorship goes two ways, with conservatives less supportive of the policies pushed by Republican politicians than they let on.

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