Goodbye, gas stoves? The fight heats up
To fight climate change, cities are banning gas hookups in new buildings. (Adios, gas stoves. Hello, induction burners.) But the gas industry is fighting back.
Headlines From The Times · Melissa Kaplan, Denise Guerra, Mario Diaz, Ashlea Brown, Shannon Lin, Shani Hilton, Angel Carreras, Evan Halper, Gustavo Arellano, Kasia Broussalian, Jazmin Aguilera, Lauren Raab
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Show Notes
To fight climate change, municipalities across the United States are banning natural gas lines from being installed in new buildings. That means no gas stoves. Politicians and policymakers in those places — Berkeley being one of the first — want people to use electric appliances, such as electric stovetops or the more advanced induction stovetop. (There’s a health factor too. Open flames put out some gases you might not want to breathe.)
But the natural gas industry is fighting back. Today, L.A. Times national correspondent Evan Halper talks about the multimillion-dollar battle being fought between gas companies and municipal and state governments. And that battle is being waged in your kitchen.
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