Washington state officials, citing concerns related to a recent federal appeals court ruling, have delayed rules that were to begin July 1 that would have required electric heat pumps to be used in new residential and commercial construction, basically banning natural gas hookups.Natural gas ...
Cities in the American states of California, Washington and Massachu-setts are considering bans or limits on the use of natural gas in homes andbuildings because local officials and environmentalists point to evidence thatgas leaking from pipes and other places hurts the climate more than carbon ...
This is a tricky one. Over the last 30 years, the public has been fed a huge media blitz to convince us that by moving to natural gas to get off coal power, would be an *environmental benefit*. Their PR firms constantly talked up how environmentally friendly natural gas was, both in ...
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Initiative 2066became law on Dec. 5, 2024,making it illegal to ban, restrict or otherwise disincentivize natural gas as an energy choice. BIAW has providedguidance forworkingwith your local building officials. Learn more Viewthe two-hour webinaron the new codes offered by Washington State Universi...
Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) currently chairs the Subcommittee on Communications & Technology. He has pressed the Biden administration to reverse its decision to ban LNG exports and is a vocal advocate for nuclear energy. E&C recently advanced his bipartisan Nuclear Fuel Security Act,...
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2045. New programs shepherded through the state legislature by Inslee would alsodramatically expand access to electric vehicles,support and eventually mandate energy efficiency in large buildings, andban “super-pollutants”that can do thousands of times more damage to the environment than carbon ...
Businesses not in compliance of the foam ban will be given resources and instructions on alternatives to styrofoam. Violating the ban could lead to a $250 fine, or up to $1,000 for repeated violations. What items are NOT included in the ban?
The U.S. Forest Service originally planned to ban fracking in the 1.1 million-acre George Washington National Forest, but energy companies cried foul after a draft of the plan was released in 2011. It would have been the first outright ban on the practice in a national forest. ...