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16 maj 2022 · Sonoma Clean Power is focused on protecting renters and low-income customers as California transitions away from burning natural gas in homes, according to Syphers.
11 mar 2022 · Cities across California are enacting bans or restrictions on natural gas. Last year, the state advanced a plan that says every new home needs to be “electric-ready,” which is regulator code for “we can’t ban natural gas, so we’ll just mandate that you install something else to make it cost prohibitive.”
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in a crucial step towards achieving carbon neutrality, today acted to eliminate natural gas line subsidies for new natural gas hookups. The first-in-the-nation action will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings and lower utility bills for consumers.
9 lut 2023 · Their goal is to fight climate change by limiting the planet-warming carbon dioxide emitted when natural gas is burned for heating and cooking — and to protect families from the lung-damaging...
1 dzień temu · A movement to phase out natural gas-burning appliances in houses and condos as well as commercial buildings to help with climate change is shifting gears in the face of legal challenges. Officials in Berkeley, California, unsuccessfully asked voters just this week to impose a tax on buildings of at least 15,000 square feet that use natural gas.
17 mar 2021 · Bay Area cities like San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose have closed the spigot on natural gas by passing electric-only building mandates. Environmentalists have sought to harness the momentum of decarbonization efforts, the declining cost of electric appliances, and the clamoring of Californians for the state to move more rapidly to reduce ...
18 kwi 2023 · A federal appeals court ruling Monday could hamper efforts by numerous cities and counties across California to ban natural gas appliances in new construction to fight climate change.
