Biden Administration Responds After Federal Agency Suggests Gas Stove Ban

The White House on Jan. 11 said President Joe Biden doesn’t support a ban on natural gas stoves, after a consumer safety official suggested a ban is on the table for a meeting later this year.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety (CPSC) Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg News earlier this week that natural gas stoves, used by millions of Americans every day, are a “hidden hazard” and said that “any option is on the table.”
“Products that can’t be made safe can be banned,” he said, adding that federal agencies could set “standards on emissions from the appliances.” He and Bloomberg cited a December 2022 study published by the think tank, Rocky Mountain Institute, in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, that claimed: “12.7 percent of current childhood asthma in the U.S. is attributable to gas stove use.”…}