Elected to Congress in 2002, Congressman Davis is a member of the fiscally conservative “Blue Dog Coalition.” He serves on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Science.
The program manager of the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program at the U.S. Department of Energy, Sperling is a weatherization expert. Before joining DOE, Mr. Sperling worked in the oil and natural gas and green-power industries.
Hollifield serves as the Deputy Director of Housing for Virginia’s Department of Housing and Community Development. She also serves on Gov. Tim Kaine’s Foreclosure Prevention Task Force and leads Virginia’s Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Educated at Harvard and MIT, she specializes in designing affordable energy services and programs to help consumers receive environmental benefits.
When the percentage of income swallowed by energy bills gets higher, it forces vulnerable people, particularly the elderly and those on fixed incomes, into “fuel poverty.” The economic stimulus law includes $5 billion for weatherizing homes for elderly, disabled, and low-income Americans. “Inside E Street” explores the motive behind the stimulus investment and the difficulties states face in ramping up their weatherization efforts.
The stimulus package includes $5 billion to weatherize homes for the poor, the elderly, and the disabled. U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.) joins Sheilah Kast to discuss the program, which was designed to make homes more energy efficient.
Two experts on weatherization and housing, Gil Sperling from the U.S. Department of Energy, and Shea Hollifield, Virginia’s Deputy Director of Housing, talk about how they will implement the weatherization program at the federal and state levels.
Sperling and Hollifield tell Sheilah how they intend to train construction workers to improve energy efficiency in homes. They also talk about the technology used to assess efficiency in homes.
As bleak as it sounds, some people are forced to choose between heating their homes and paying for medicines. Dr. Meg Power joins Sheilah to talk about the connection between energy costs and staying healthy.
Through most of her distinguished reporting career, Sheilah Kast has focused on the economy and workplace and how they affect people's lives. Well known to viewers of public television, ABC News, and CNN, she has covered the White House and Congress.
Kast also reported on the Washington aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Her stories included an investigation of anthrax in the mails and the struggles of bereaved Pentagon families to secure benefits.
At The Washington Star, in her first reporting job, Kast covered financial regulation, taxes, and energy. Her expertise in these important issues eventually led her to start a national public-television show, "This Week in Business," which she hosted in association with Business Week magazine.
Ms. Kast is a skilled interviewer. She has often hosted NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and has her own current-affairs interview show on public radio in Maryland.
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