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Recent natural gas ban Articles
Lawsuit Charges Montgomery County Gas Appliance Ban is Preempted and Void
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-06T12:06:39-05:00Friday, October 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, D.C. appliance ban, decarbonization, EPCA, Kaplow, Montgomery County, natural gas ban, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier today more than half a dozen business and labor groups filed suit seeking a permanent injunctive against enforcement of Montgomery County, Maryland Bill 13-22: Buildings - Comprehensive Building Decarbonization, which bans the use of gas appliances in new construction. A partnership of business and ...
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 ...
Protecting Gas Stoves from the Government Headed to the Ballot
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-07-06T17:51:55-04:00Saturday, July 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, gas stove, Initiative 2066, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban|
With 431,063 signatures submitted on July 2, 2024, to the Washington Secretary of State’s office, it is all but certain that a voter initiative will be on the November ballot to prevent the state from banning natural gas in homes and businesses. Initiative 2066 would ...