Gas stoves bans have made the news as cooktops join M&Ms in becoming another unlikely subject of politicized controversy in the United States. In recent weeks, gas stoves have been branded by some as ...

The commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Richard Trumka Jr., recently said his agency is considering banning gas stoves because they can cause asthma in children, among ...

Most Democratic voters would welcome a ban on natural gas hookups in new construction and buildings located in their own communities, according to a poll conducted last month. Roughly 56% of Democrats ...

For basically forever, gas stoves have been the preferred cooking appliance of professional chefs and at-home gourmets alike. They offer far greater temperature control compared to their electric ...

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When chef Christopher Galarza took a job in a kitchen that didn’t have gas stoves—at a new Pennsylvania campus for Chatham University designed with sustainability in mind—he was skeptical about the ...

In 2019, Berkeley became the first city in the country to ban gas stoves and water heaters in all new construction in order to cut down greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Since ...

Gas stoves became a topic of heated debate this week after a regulator suggested they would be banned at the federal level on safety grounds. That effort looks unlikely to proceed, but bans on gas ...

The evidence is growing: Your gas stove is a menace to the climate, and could very well be harming your health. A new peer-reviewed study published on Thursday by Stanford University researchers found ...

Fossil fuel use in buildings looks to be the next frontier for climate activists at the state and local level. There's a convergence of activity in the Pacific Northwest aimed at phasing out natural ...