by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
What happened to ‘If you like your gas stove, you can keep your gas stove?’
They are coming for your gas-powered car, your gas stove, your gas water heater, your gas furnace, your gas dryer, your gas grille, your gas blower, your gas fireplace, and any other gas-powered appliance or vehicle you can think of, the Globe warned in December.
In the interim Donald Trump was sworn in as President, and his U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced in March the Department of Energy has further postponed the implementation of three of the Biden-Harris administration’s restrictive mandates on home appliances. Yes, the Trump Administration’s Energy Department is rolling back the Biden Administration’s draconian regulations on appliances.
Yet the South Coast Air Quality Management District has a June 6 vote to ban gas powered water heaters and home furnaces in Southern California – despite that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Berkeley’s attempt to ban gas powered water heaters.
Could it be time for more federal funding pulled from California?
