Safe, healthy buildings are making headlines
Local efforts to build electric
Fix the climate while solving the housing crisis? Olympia's trying (Investigate West)
Seattle is state's leader on climate-friendly building codes; new standards start March 15 (KNKX)
The heat wave drove many in Whatcom County to make this change to their homes (Bellingham Herald)
Why buildings with electric appliances are safer and cleaner
Comment: All-electric homes would clear the air we breathe (Everett Herald)
Strengthening communities and shifting power in pursuit of a just transition (YES! Magazine)
Heat pumps more energy efficient than air conditioners (KHQ News Spokane)
We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change (NPR)
Healthy, gas-free homes and buildings benefit low-income communities
Northwest Heat Wave Exposes Inequities, Need to Prioritize Low-Income Communities (Public News Service)
Dr. Luis Manriquez and Kirby Weythman: The heat wave, health and healthy public policy (The Spokesman-Review)
Rewrite building codes to make buildings all-electric (Everett Herald)
The gas industry is working to stop climate solutions
Natural gas industry's $1 million PR campaign sets up fight over Northwest's energy future (Seattle Times)
Cities' Goal To Lower Climate Emissions Could Be Blocked By Gas Utilities (NPR)
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves (Mother Jones)
Cities voted for green building codes. Now developers want to end voting. (HuffPo)
Gas stoves can generate unsafe levels of indoor air pollution (Vox)
“Clean energy jobs will flourish as we make the transition from fossil fuel-powered construction to electric building standards. All-electric homes are less expensive to build upfront and there is no expensive need to pay for connections to gas pipeline infrastructure.
All-electric appliances are readily available and popular, often coming with rebates for highly efficient models.”