The city of Berkeley has agreed to halt enforcement of a ban on natural gas piping in new homes and buildings that was successfully opposed in court by the California Restaurant Association, the ...

The 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals’ refusal to rehear a pivotal gas appliance regulation decision has thrown a wrench into local efforts to reduce fossil fuel use. EPCA was enacted after the 1970s oil ...

Berkeley’s breakthrough measure that banned the use of natural gas in new construction was overturned on Monday by a federal appeals court, thus supporting the argument made by restaurant owners who ...

The Biden administration filed a motion earlier this week asking a federal appeals court to reinstate the ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings proposed by the city of Berkeley, California. In ...

Sonoma County is suspending its prohibition on natural gas or propane appliances in new construction following a court determination that federal law overrides such a ban. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...

The California Restaurant Association (CRA) said the Berkeley city government has agreed to repeal its ban on natural gas infrastructure in new buildings to settle a lawsuit filed by the group. The ...

A federal appeals court rejected a petition Tuesday to rehear a case related to a natural gas ban proposed by the City of Berkeley, California, which the panel ruled was illegal last year. The U.S.

When Berkeley became the first U.S. city to ban construction of new natural gas lines in 2019, it pioneered an approach to reducing carbon emissions and pollutants that has since spread around the Bay ...

In April, a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Berkeley’s ordinance prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in new buildings was preempted by federal law. In ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The city of Berkeley, California, has agreed to halt enforcement of a ban on natural gas piping in new homes and buildings that was successfully opposed in court by the ...