Berkeley s ban on natural gas in new buildings upheld by federal judge
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A federal judge has upheld Berkeley’s ban on natural gas lines in new construction.Felipe Rodriguez/Universal Images Group / Getty Images
A federal judge has upheld Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ordinance banning natural gas lines in new buildings, rejecting arguments by restaurant owners that the ban conflicts with federal laws on energy efficiency.
The ordinance, which took effect in 2020, was aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. It requires new residential and commercial buildings to use entirely electrical lines and infrastructure unless a building cannot be constructed without natural gas piping, or the city grants an exemption in the “public interest.”
In a court ruling Tuesday, a federal judge for the Northern District of California dismissed the California Restaurant Association’s, or CRA, challenge to the city of Berkeley’s natural gas ban.
The court’s decision comes more than a year after the CRA filed a lawsuit against Berkeley in response to a citywide ordinance prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in new buildings effective Jan. 1, 2020. Berkeley City Council passed the ordinance July 23, 2019, making Berkeley the first city in the United States to pass such a law.
“When we look at our greenhouse gas emissions, we know 27% of the emissions come from natural gas in our buildings,” said Councilmember Kate Harrison, the ordinance’s primary author. “That is an enormously important part of our emission and it’s also something we can do something about as a city.”
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