California air regulators are taking a new look at indoor air quality, including studying emission differences between cooking with natural gas or electric stoves.
The work comes as environmental groups and cities have increasingly sounded the alarm over natural gas use in homes. Despite objections from industry, 30 California cities—including Berkeley and San Jose—have passed rules over the past year banning natural gas outright or promoting electricity as a better option for cooking, heating, cooling, and powering buildings.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) last did a comprehensive indoor air pollution study in 2005. But two new research projects are ...