January 22, 2024
For months now, we have heard and read about how the state’s Climate Action Council wanted to ban wood stoves, fireplaces and all natural gas in all cases and in all places. However, according to Senator George Borrello, the Climate Action Council did not get its way on everything. “Senate Republicans pushed back a lot,” Republican State Senator George Borrello said today on the Newsmaker Show. “That was during the hearing on the Climate Action Council’s scoping plan. We also pushed back in last years budget process, that’s how we were able to secure an exemption on the natural gas ban for agricultural buildings and for food services. I’m still opposed to the ban on natural gas, but we did make some progress there. We also talked about the Climate Action Council wanting to take away natural gas stoves and other natural gas appliances, and that certainly helped. We saw the governor and others backpedal on that,” Borrello said.
