Los Angeles joins movement to ban new natural gas hookups to fight climate change

Los Angeles joins movement to ban new natural gas hookups to fight climate change

"...So far, 77 cities and towns and Washington state have banned or discouraged new natural gas hookups. 

Los Angeles became the latest to join the list when its City Council voted last week to rewrite building codes requiring new homes and buildings achieve zero-carbon emissions – effectively eliminating future natural gas lines.
Climate change experts say the shift is a necessary part of the nation's energy transformation. About half of American homes use natural gas, and appliances burning natural gas make up 13% of U.S. greenhouse emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
At least 95% of those emissions come from water heaters, stoves, furnaces and clothes dryers powered by natural gas..."