{"id":538579,"date":"2023-01-10T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/living-with-climate-change-gas-stove-ban-u-s-draws-closer-to-action-with-a-consumer-agency-turning-up-its-scrutiny\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:54:00","slug":"living-with-climate-change-gas-stove-ban-u-s-draws-closer-to-action-with-a-consumer-agency-turning-up-its-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-gas-stove-ban-u-s-draws-closer-to-action-with-a-consumer-agency-turning-up-its-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"#Living With Climate Change: Gas stove ban: U.S. draws closer to action with a consumer agency turning up its scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of 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id=\"%E2%80%9CLiving_With_Climate_Change_Gas_stove_ban_US_draws_closer_to_action_with_a_consumer_agency_turning_up_its_scrutiny%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Living With Climate Change: Gas stove ban: U.S. draws closer to action with a consumer agency turning up its scrutiny&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Any_national_ban_would_follow_the_lead_of_big-population_states_including_California_and_New_York_to_limit_the_use_of_new_stove_tops_and_ovens_that_use_natural_gas\"><\/span>\n  Any national ban would follow the lead of big-population states including California and New  York to limit the use of new stove tops and ovens that use natural gas<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" 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data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The U.S. as a whole could be edging nearer a ban on gas stoves if the interest of a federal consumer safety agency is any indication.<\/p>\n<p> A member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission told Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> in a recent interview that the agency is reviewing gas stoves and range tops, opening a comment period for now. Attention on these <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>liances has increased in the wake of new studies targeting both respiratory and select cancer risks linked to their use, as well as their contribution to global warming from the greenhouse gases that natural gas<br \/>\n        NG00,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210189548\/delayed\" class=\"negative\">-6.48%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and the combustion of any fossil fuels puts into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Gas appliances are \u201ca hidden hazard,\u201d Richard Trumka Jr., a CPSC commissioner, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-09\/us-safety-agency-to-consider-ban-on-gas-stoves-amid-health-fears?leadSource=uverify%20wall\" class=\"icon none\">said in the interview.<\/a> \u201cAny option is on the table. Products that can\u2019t be made safe can be banned.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said the agency could also consider other actions, including setting standards on emissions from the appliances, or none at all.<\/p>\n<p>Country-wide action against gas stoves would follow the lead of big-population states including California and New  York to limit the use of stove tops and ovens that use natural gas. For now, initiatives mostly target gas appliances in new construction, with older stoves grandfathered in.<\/p>\n<p>The impact is significant: over one-third of U.S. households \u2014 more than 40 million homes \u2014 cook with gas.<\/p>\n<p>Gas stoves, particularly those without great ventilation or if homeowners are slack in using their vents, emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter at levels the EPA and World Health Organization have said are unsafe and linked to respiratory illness, including asthma, cardiovascular problems, cancer, and other health conditions. That\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.1c04707\" class=\"icon none\">according to reports<\/a>\u00a0by groups such as the Institute for Policy Integrity and the American Chemical Society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And just last month, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/20\/1\/75\" class=\"icon none\">peer-reviewed\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<\/em>\u00a0found that more than 12% of current childhood asthma cases in the U.S. can be attributed to gas stove use.<\/p>\n<p>That report had the backing of RMI (formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute) and Rewiring America, two groups that are pushing for the conversion of gas to electric.<\/p>\n<p>The American Gas Association, the trade group representing gas utilities, has said that what it believes is a more robust study has not found the childhood asthma link to gas stoves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the [2013] study <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24429203\/\" class=\"icon none\">Cooking Fuels and Prevalence of Asthma:\u00a0 A Global Analysis of Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC),<\/a><\/em> which analyzed\u00a0512,707 primary and secondary school children from 108 centers in 47 countries,\u00a0there is \u2018no evidence of an association between the use of gas as a cooking fuel and either asthma symptoms or asthma diagnosis,&#8217;\u201d said Richard Meyer, AGA\u2019s vice president of energy markets, analysis and standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not clear why this study was excluded from the recent RMI\/Rewiring America paper,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another study suggested that natural gas for cooking contains low concentrations of several pollutants and chemicals linked to select cancers. That study, by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and published last year\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.1c08298\" class=\"icon none\">in the journal Environmental Science &amp; Technology<\/a>, linked both the delivery and use of natural gas\u00a0to possible consequences for public health and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Some opinion studies have shown a reluctance among Americans \u2014 even those who favor a stronger government response to global warming broadly \u2014 to give up their popular gas stoves. <\/p>\n<p>One study, of just 1,000 people by a center-right energy policy group, said more than half of Americans polled oppose banning natural gas for cooking or heating uses in the construction of new family homes. And when voters polled were told that a natural gas ban \u201ccould result in energy shortages and rising prices,\u201d their opposition to the ban jumped to 71%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t miss:<\/strong>\u00a0The bitter breakup with gas stoves is getting closer \u2014 here\u2019s another reason why<\/p>\n<p>CPSC\u2019s Trumka, who has a background on Capitol Hill guiding legislation on toxic heavy metals in baby food and the health hazards of e-cigarettes,\u00a0called the assumption that home and professional cooks have more temperature control with gas stoves than their modern electric counterparts \u201ca carefully manicured myth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Consumer Reports, for one, has dedicated new reviews <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/appliances\/indoor-air-quality\/is-your-gas-range-a-health-risk-a6971504915\/\" class=\"icon none\">to the potential health and safety advantages<\/a>, as well as cooking performance and relative costs of electric ranges and stoves over gas options.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer Reports\u2019 Paul Hope has said that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/consumer\/consumer-reports-go-green-inflation-reduction-act-and-save-green-with-new-tax-credits-uncle-sam-energy-efficient-gas-electric-stove-range-homeowner\" class=\"icon none\">switching from a gas stove to an electric range for his own renovation was an easy one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always preferred cooking on a gas range, but I knew electric and induction ranges had gotten a lot better over the years and that they\u2019re way better for the environment,\u201d Hope said.<\/p>\n<p>With funding from Congress, the Inflation Reduction Act means homeowners can take advantage of up to $14,000 in rebates and tax credits for making energy-efficiency upgrades, in some cases switching out gas for electric. How much you\u2019ll be able to get will depend on how much you earn, where you live and what improvements you make.<\/p>\n<p>Attention on building practices that favor electric appliances and heat pumps has also grown after a Joe Biden-led U.S. and its developing world counterparts have vowed a 50% cut in emissions across the economy by 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Natural gas has been a strong replacement for higher-polluting coal in powering the U.S. electric grid, on top of its direct use in homes and businesses. The gas industry has also worked to limit leaks along the pipeline and at other points in the gas infrastructure, and it argues that the relative low cost and availability of gas appliances means they aren\u2019t the best area to target when it comes to cutting emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Select lawmakers disagree and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/booker_beyer_lead_colleagues_in_urging_cpsc_to_address_dangerous_indoor_air_pollutions_emitted_by_gas_stoves.pdf\" class=\"icon none\">\u00a0weighed\u00a0in<\/a> with a December letter asking the consumer product safety commission to consider requiring warning labels, range hoods and performance standards on stoves and cook tops.\u00a0Lawmakers including Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, both Democrats,\u00a0urged action and\u00a0called\u00a0gas-stove emissions a \u201ccumulative burden\u201d on\u00a0Black, Latino\u00a0and low-income households that disproportionately experience air pollution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For certain, it\u2019s an area of research not likely to go away soon.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.1c04707\" class=\"icon none\">study<\/a>, from\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2022\/01\/27\/rethinking-cooking-gas\/\" class=\"icon none\">Stanford University<\/a>, suggested the emissions from gas stoves in U.S. homes have the same climate-warming impact as that of half a million gasoline-powered cars.\u00a0That includes the shorter-lasting but more-potent methane, in addition to carbon dioxide. Fossil-fuel combustion for energy accounts for\u00a0about 74% of total Earth-warming U.S. greenhouse-gas\u00a0emissions, the Energy Information Agency says.<\/p>\n<p>Local and regional action is moving faster than any federal response.<\/p>\n<p>New York City, for one,\u00a0created a law that prohibits the combustion of fossil fuels, namely gas, for cooking and heating\u00a0in select new buildings. The ban will apply to new structures under seven stories tall starting in 2024, and to larger buildings in 2027. The state is considering its own bill.<\/p>\n<p>And Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the U.S. to ban gas hookups in new construction in 2019. And now at least\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/02\/22\/967439914\/as-cities-grapple-with-climate-change-gas-utilities-fight-to-stay-in-business\" class=\"icon none\">42 cities<\/a>\u00a0in California, including San Francisco and San Jose, have acted to limit gas in new buildings. Salt Lake City and Denver have also made plans to move toward electrification.<\/p>\n<p>And in the most aggressive example yet, Ithaca, the upstate New York city of about 30,000, known for Cornell University and the natural beauty of its gorges, says it will be the first in the country to try to decarbonize every last one of its buildings by switching to electric power and banning natural gas heating and appliances.<\/p>\n<p>Ithaca has some 6,000 commercial buildings, multifamily and single-family homes, schools, government facilities and more. The existing energy code in the city already bans natural-gas hookups in new construction and major renovations.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Rachel Koning Beals\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/rachel-koning-beals\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:rbeals@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"rbeals@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rachel_Koning_Beals\"><\/span>Rachel Koning Beals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"162_MW\" author-name=\"Rachel Koning Beals\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fgas-stove-ban-u-s-draws-closer-to-action-with-a-consumer-agency-turning-up-its-scrutiny-11673373286%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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