The natural gas debate has been raging in Evanston for decades, long before a recent study on the impact of gas stoves spurred calls for Chicago to join other major cities and ban them in new construction projects.
The natural gas debate has been raging in Evanston for decades, long before a recent study on the impact of gas stoves spurredThe city passed its first Climate Action Plan in 2008 when natural gas made up 25% of the city’s carbon footprint. The City Council is now on the third iteration of the Climate Action and Resilience Plan that passed in 2018, but has still not banned gas connections or appliances in new structures. The overall goal is for the city to be carbon free by 2050.
“We’re well aware of the potential cost impacts of asking existing building to switch away from natural gas,” he said. “That is going to be a challenging discussion when that comes up and we are going to have to find some ways to help fund that.” The biggest step forward was achieved through municipal electricity aggregation where the city bundles small residential and commercial electric accounts to get proposals for cleaner energy sources. Emissions have dropped over 38% in the city since 2005 and approval for the purchase of six electric vehicles for the city is included in the Jan. 23 City Council meeting agenda.
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