“The pauses come in the wake of the Ninth Court declining in January to rehear Berkeley’s ban on natural gas in new buildings, which was first struck down by the court in April 2023. A panel of judges ruled that Berkeley cannot prohibit natural gas due to a pre-existing federal energy law.”
“Every new gas pipeline installed is a public health liability and step backward on climate change,” Dashiell Leeds, conservation coordinator at the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, said. “The more we can avoid the hazards of gas pipelines and gas appliances in new buildings, the better off we all are.”
“I enjoy cooking with gas more,” said The Heirloom Chef co-owner and personal chef Erika Minkowsky. “I think there is more control with the temperature… You can get used to anything if you practice enough.”
