The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is reportedly considering a proposal to ban gas stoves, "amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances". Will they release such a proposal by 2025?
The proposed ban does not have to go into effect, it merely has to be proposed by the agency through their official process. A proposal that would not ban gas stoves, but merely regulate them (such as requiring ventilation) would not count.
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Venturing back into the nation's culture wars, the Republican-controlled House has approved legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators.
A bill passed Tuesday would prohibit use of federal money to regulate gas stoves as a hazardous product, while a separate measure endorsed on Wednesday would block an Energy Department rule setting stricter energy efficiency standards for stovetops and ovens.
The White House said the administration “has been clear that it does not support any attempt to ban the use of gas stoves,″ but GOP lawmakers say rules on gas stoves represent classic government overreach.
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The bill targeting regulation of gas stoves as hazardous was approved, 248-180, while the measure blocking the Energy Department rule was approved 249-181. Twenty-nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting both bills.President Joe Biden opposes both GOP bills as blocking “common-sense efforts to help Americans cut their energy bills,'' the White House said in a statement. Neither bill is expected to advance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
