Berkeley makes a giant leap and becomes the first US city to ban natural gas

[rangerrebew]

Berkeley makes a giant leap and becomes the first US city to ban natural gas

“This is what acting on it looks like.”
By
Alexandra Jacobo -
July 25, 2019
 

Berkeley, California made history this week when it became the first city in the U.S. to ban natural gas hook-ups in all new buildings.

Last week the city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban, which also received immense public support. This week the ban was passed into law and will go into effect on January 1, 2020. The new ordinance will ban gas hook-ups in new multi-family construction.

California currently has a goal to reach 100% zero-carbon energy by 2045. Currently, energy use in buildings accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in California, so in order to meet that goal, many other cities and counties in the state will have to follow Berkeley’s bold lead. The city of San Jose, California’s third-largest city, has already proposed a plan that would make 47 percent of its homes powered entirely by electricity.

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/07/25/berkeley-makes-a-giant-leap-and-becomes-the-first-us-city-to-ban-natural-gas/

[Joe Wooten]

When everyone is eating a total vegan diet, are the peonscitizens  going to have to wear a buttplug that has a catalytic converter to neutralize the methane?

[thackney]

Last week's discussion on the same topic:

Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,368792.msg2012574.html#msg2012574