Natural gas use in buildings not only releases huge quantities of greenhouse gasses, but also threatens people’s health.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When the city of Berkeley, California passed the country’s first ban on the use of natural gas in new buildings in the summer of 2019, environmental advocates celebrated the move as an important precedent for other cities to follow. And follow they did: There are now at least 99 similar ordinances in place...
