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Goodbye, gas stoves? The fight heats up
Goodbye, gas stoves? The fight heats up
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2022
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Podcast episode
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To fight climate change, municipalities across the United States are banning natural gas lines from being installed in new buildings. That means no gas stoves. Politicians and policymakers in those places — Berkeley being one of the first — want people to use electric appliances, such as electric stovetops or the more advanced induction stovetop. (There’s a health factor too. Open flames put out some gases you might not want to breathe.)But the natural gas industry is fighting back. Today, L.A. Times national correspondent Evan Halper talks about the multimillion-dollar battle being fought between gas companies and municipal and state governments. And that battle is being waged in your kitchen.More reading:Clash of the kitchens: California leads the way in a new climate battlegroundVideo: Would you get rid of your gas stove and go electric?California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next
Released:
Jan 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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Baseball, the Iranian hostage crisis and Barry Rosen: Four decades ago, Barry Rosen was one of 52 Americans held hostage for 444 brutal days in Iran. After their release in 1981, Rosen and the other hostages received a rare gift from Major League Baseball: a "golden ticket." Signed by then-Commissioner Bowie Kuhn under the words “In Gratitude And Appreciation,” the lifetime pass entitled each hostage and a guest admittance to any regular-season game. But when Rosen tried to attend a game this year, the New York Mets said they were no longer honoring his pass. What happened next showed just how much baseball continues to mean to Rosen. by The Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times