Bruce Nillis was involved in getting the city of Berkeley to ban new methane hookups and buildings. There has been real pushback by the American gas association the industry. In some places, like Arizona where I am, they have secured preemptive bands on bands that get cities or states to outlaw the prohibition of putting gas in building. Most large population states with exception of Texas and Ohio are very on the more progressive and climate minded so California, burn into about 8% of all the gas burning buildings New York state is 10%, add in Illinois, you're 25% of the building gas use in the country three states.
It’s become common for homeowners to install solar panels to provide themselves with emission-free electricity. But increasingly more attention is being paid to decarbonizing things inside the home – the machines that heat and cool water and air, dry our clothes and cook our food. The Inflation Reduction Act includes many ways for homeowners and renters to start to electrify their lives. And in some places, builders are developing highly efficient, all electric homes from the get-go. What more is needed to make our buildings greener and get away from fossil fuels?
Guests:
Mark Chambers, Sr. Director Building Emissions & Community Resilience, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Bruce Nilles, Executive Director, Climate Imperative
Contributing Producer: Cody Short, WBHM
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