A ban on natural gas: A terrible idea or a must for attacking climate change?doi:10.1016/j.tej.2020.106900Kenneth W. CostelloThe Electricity Journal
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley, California's first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved the ordinance. The measure, which took effect in 2020 to cheers ...
RIGA. July 14 (Interfax) - The Latvian parliament, Saeima, on Thursday adopted in the final reading amendments to the energy law stipulating a ban on natural gas supplies from Russia beginning on January 1, 2023.The Saeima has adopted rules for specific cases when negotiating with the ...
Three federal court judges just rescued your gas stove and other gas-fired appliances from the nanny state. Yesterday, in a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for theNinth Circuit ruled that the nation’s first ban on natural gas, put in place by the City of Berkeley in 2019...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is narrowly denying a request for en banc review of a panel ruling that Berkeley’s ban on natural gas hookups to new homes and buildings is preempted by the Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA), setting a
The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a gradual ban on gas leaf blowers that will eliminate the machines year-round within the next four years.
Senate Republicans led by Sens. Gene Yaw and Lisa Baker claim the Delaware River Basin Commission overstepped its authority and usurped the Legislature with its moratorium on natural gas development near the river and its tributaries. The senators want a federal court to invalidate the ban, potentia...
Theprospect of such a bansent the price of Brent crude to as high as $139.13 per barrel at one point overnight, the highest since July 2008, while the price of natural gas at one point on Monday hit 800p per therm - which, to put it in context, is four times...
The Golden State will ban the sale of all new natural gas-fired space heaters and water heating appliances by 2030, under a proposal unanimously approved by the California Air Resources Board on Thursday. Read: California removes incentive to use natural gas in new buildings "We're really ...
Berkeley's agreement to throw out its first-in-the-nation ban on gas hookups in new buildings after losing a court challenge might seem like a big loss for climate action. To meet our fossil-fuel reduction goals, after all, we have to stop usingnatural gasto power furnaces, stoves, water...