‘Hidden Hazards’: Biden Appointee Teases New Gas Stove Regulations After Backtracking on Ban

Richard Trumka Jr., after threatening to ban appliances, takes’step one’ in confronting potential hazards

Biden appointee, who threatened to ban gas stoves, is teasing new regulations about the controversial appliances that he claims pose a threat. “hidden hazards” American consumers.

Richard Trumka Jr. Consumer Product Safety commissioner voted Wednesday for public input on gas stoves. This was the first step of the commission’s regulatory process. Trumka then praised the vote in a statementIt is called “Call it” “an important milestone on the road to protecting consumers from potential hidden hazards in their homes—the emissions from gas stoves.”

Trumka’s language is likely to sound familiar as it mirrors remarks made by the federal regulator in January. called Gas stoves “hidden hazard” That could be banned. Following the political storm that erupted from those remarks, Trumka and White House both retracted the threat. Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean Pierre stated that the administration had been banned. “does not support banning gas stoves.”

However, the Biden administration has taken several steps to reduce the use of gas stoves in the United States over the past weeks, as well as its appointees. Along with Wednesday’s Consumer Product Safety Commission vote and last month’s Energy Department analysis of its proposed cooking device efficiency regulations, it also published that document. acknowledged Half of all gas stoves in America would be banned from being sold. The home appliance sector responded by arguing the regulations would effectively nullify 96 per cent of the gas-stove market. They cited a December Energy Department test which showed that 20 of 21 gas range models failed to meet the rule’s efficiency standards.

“It’s like they’re in such a rush to regulate these products, and they’re trying to cover their tracks,” Jill Notini, vice president of Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, spoke about the department’s analysis. “But they’re doing an incredibly poor job of it. We’ve never seen this level of sloppy analysis from DOE before.”

The White House didn’t respond to our request for comment.

Trumka, who President Joe Biden appointed as a federal regulator for 2021, made his call to ban gas stoves following a controversial study by a green energy non-profit that found that gas stoves were responsible for 13% of all childhood asthma cases in America. The Chinese government and the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute were responsible for that controversial study. “economy-wide transformation” The alternative to oil and gas is the Washington Free Beacon reported In January.

While it’s unclear what regulations will emerge from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s gas stove review, Trumka—who in January promoted an article comparing the appliances to cigarettes—has said Any rule would be applicable “new products.” He called for a ban on gas stoves in a December interview “real possibility,” Trumka spoke for the commission “could get a regulation on the books before this time next year.”