31 million Americans live in communities with all-electric building codes
Brady Seals · A surprising history of gas stove pollution · Feb 15, 2023 · at 17:01
RMI researcher Brady Seals discusses the municipal adoption of building decarbonization and electrification policies across the United States.
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“Already we're living in a moment where almost a hundred cities and communities have passed all electric required or all electric preferred bills, and we estimate that thirty-one million people are living in communities where this kind of new construction policies are on the books.”
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