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Efforts to Block Gas Bans Across the Nation Are Growing. Will it Work in New York?
After a lawsuit in California toppled the city of Berkeley’s efforts to replace gas stoves with clean electric energy in new buildings, fossil fuel industry groups are testing the same legal strategy in New York.
Court filings reviewed by City Limits and interviews with lawyers, environmentalists, lawmakers and energy experts show an organized effort by fossil fuel groups to use the California case as leverage to challenge other jurisdictions across the nation that want to phase out gas hookups.
“These [lawsuits] are part of a concerted effort from the fossil fuel industry to delay the implementation of policies that will get us away from fossil fuels and to continue delaying climate action,” said Liz Moran, a policy advocate at the environmental group Earthjustice.
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