{"id":1800209,"date":"2023-01-09T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800209"},"modified":"2023-01-09T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:49:19","slug":"transparently-political-biden-administration-considering-ban-on-gas-stoves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transparently-political-biden-administration-considering-ban-on-gas-stoves\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Transparently Political\u2019: Biden Administration Considering Ban On Gas Stoves"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftransparently-political-biden-administration-considering-ban-on-gas-stoves%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission\u00a0is considering banning Americans from having gas stoves.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 40% of American homes have gas stoves, which emit nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide as well as fine particulate matter at what are deemed unsafe levels by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organization. A study released in January 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.1c04707\">argued<\/a> that over 20 years, \u201cannual methane emissions from all gas stoves in U.S. homes have a climate impact comparable to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of 500\u202f000 cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hidden hazard,\u201d Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) who was nominated by President Biden, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-09\/us-safety-agency-to-consider-ban-on-gas-stoves-amid-health-fears?srnd=green&#038;sref=Vi7wu7Hv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg News<\/a>. \u201cAny option is on the table. Products that can\u2019t be made safe can be banned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is about 50 years of health studies showing that gas stoves are bad for our health, and the strongest evidence is on children and children\u2019s asthma,\u201d Brady Seals, a manager in RMI\u2019s Carbon-Free Buildings program echoed. \u201cBy having a gas connection, we are polluting the insides of our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late December, a group of Democrats in the Senate and the House wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/booker_beyer_lead_colleagues_in_urging_cpsc_to_address_dangerous_indoor_air_pollutions_emitted_by_gas_stoves.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open letter<\/a> to Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, urging restrictions on gas stoves such as requiring them \u201cto be sold with range hoods that meet mandatory performance standards,\u201d and \u201cwhere feasible, issue mandatory performance standards for gas stoves that address steady-state-off leakage, including requiring automatic shut-off valves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats also made claims that gas stoves disproportionately affected non-white and low-income communities, contending, \u201cThese emissions can create a cumulative burden to households that are already more likely to face higher exposure to both indoor and outdoor air pollution. Statistics show that Black, Latino, and low-income households are more likely to experience disproportionate air pollution, either from being more likely to be located near a waste incinerator or coal ash site, or living in smaller homes with poor ventilation, malfunctioning appliances, mold, dust mites, secondhand smoke, lead dust, pests, and other maintenance deficiencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Karen Harbert, president of the American Gas Association, has countered,\u00a0\u201cThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and EPA do not present gas ranges as a significant contributor to adverse air quality or health hazard in their technical or public information literature, guidance, or requirements. The most practical, realistic way to achieve a sustainable future where energy is clean, as well as safe, reliable and affordable, is to ensure it includes natural gas and the infrastructure that transports it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike McKenna, a GOP energy lobbyist, echoed, \u201cIf the CPSC really wanted to do something about public health, it would ban cigarettes, or automobiles, long before it moved on to address stoves. It\u2019s transparently political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s hostility to natural gas was manifested again when it announced last fall it wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-says-its-natural-gas-phaseout-will-save-taxpayers-millions-it-will-do-the-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eliminate natural gas<\/a> in federal buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission\u00a0is considering banning Americans from having gas stoves. Roughly 40% of American homes have gas stoves, which emit nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide as well as fine particulate matter at what are deemed unsafe levels by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organization. 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