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Recent City of Berkeley Articles
City Cannot Ban Natural Gas so it Will Tax it Out of Existence
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-09T15:11:49-05:00Saturday, August 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, City of Berkeley, EPCA, Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban, preempted|
After this was posted, in the November 5th election, Berkeley, California, voters overwhelming defeated, with more than 68% of citizens voting against the citizen initiative Measure GG, The Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, described below. After being told by the courts that its attempts ...
Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-31T16:14:24-04:00Saturday, March 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, California Restaurant Association, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, Kaplow, natural gas, preemption, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
The City of Berkeley is going to repeal its regulation that prohibits the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. Last week the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement immediately halting enforcement ...
Federal Appeals Court Delivers Coup De Grace in Berkeley Attempt to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-26T18:11:34-04:00Saturday, January 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Court Saves Gas Stoves from the Government, EPCA, preemption|
After this article was posted, on March 22, 2024, the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement halting enforcement of the City’s ban on natural gas piping as the City Council takes steps to repeal ...






