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The Devious Plan to Keep Us Hooked on Gas
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Advocates are turning their attention to a new front in the climate war: the fossil-gas hookups in our homes that fuel burners, boilers, and other household appliances.
If we want to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we need to electrify the hundreds of millions of machines inside our homes and buildings as fast as possible. But the gas industry won’t go down without a fight.
Gas industry front groups are infiltrating neighborhood groups, hiring social media influencers, and barraging citizens with messages in order to stir up controversy around local bans on new fossil gas connections. That’s exactly what happened to the residents of Santa Barbara, California last year.
This week, we'll hear from activists, reporters, and industry professionals who are following the gas industry’s battle to keep fossil fuels in our homes.
How far will gas companies go to stop electrification? And where does the electrification movement stand?
Leah Stokes speaks with Sierra Club's Santa Barbara Chapter Chair Katie Davis; EarthJustice Senior Attorney Matt Vespa; Earther Staff Writer Dharna Noor; and Former BlocPower Senior Strategist Associate Rose Stephens-Booker.
Resources:
- RMI research on the dangers of gas stoves
- Dharna Noor on why gas is so problematic in our homes
- Saul Griffith on electrifying everything, starting now
Follow our co-hosts and production team:
A Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio. For more episodes and transcripts, visit our website.
40 episoder
Manage episode 299486533 series 2804328
Advocates are turning their attention to a new front in the climate war: the fossil-gas hookups in our homes that fuel burners, boilers, and other household appliances.
If we want to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we need to electrify the hundreds of millions of machines inside our homes and buildings as fast as possible. But the gas industry won’t go down without a fight.
Gas industry front groups are infiltrating neighborhood groups, hiring social media influencers, and barraging citizens with messages in order to stir up controversy around local bans on new fossil gas connections. That’s exactly what happened to the residents of Santa Barbara, California last year.
This week, we'll hear from activists, reporters, and industry professionals who are following the gas industry’s battle to keep fossil fuels in our homes.
How far will gas companies go to stop electrification? And where does the electrification movement stand?
Leah Stokes speaks with Sierra Club's Santa Barbara Chapter Chair Katie Davis; EarthJustice Senior Attorney Matt Vespa; Earther Staff Writer Dharna Noor; and Former BlocPower Senior Strategist Associate Rose Stephens-Booker.
Resources:
- RMI research on the dangers of gas stoves
- Dharna Noor on why gas is so problematic in our homes
- Saul Griffith on electrifying everything, starting now
Follow our co-hosts and production team:
A Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio. For more episodes and transcripts, visit our website.
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