California declared war on natural gas. Now the fight is going national
Written By Shannon Lo
Source: Los Angeles Times | By Sammy Roth
It all started in Berkeley.
In July 2019, elected officials in the Bay Area city, a national leader in progressive politics and environmental protection, voted to ban gas hookups in most new homes. That meant no gas furnaces, boilers or water heaters — and no gas stoves.
“A settlement is supposed to convince us that this really is in the best interests of the public,” TURN staff attorney Katy Morsony told me. “The settlement documents didn’t convince me of any of those things.”
“To the extent there was behavior that merited a penalty, it wasn’t clear to me that the penalty was sufficient,” she added.
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