Dozens of U.S. cities are exploring ways to limit natural gas heating in new homes. Bellingham, Washington, is looking to do something that no other U.S. city has yet attempted: adopt a ban on all residential heating by natural gas. The ambitious plan set for consideration by the City Council in the coming weeks had already prompted vigorous debate over how much one small city should try to do to avert climate catastrophe, at a time when the federal government was putting less emphasis on halting the trajectory of rising temperatures.
By Mike Baker. New York Times. January 5, 2020.
