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In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward

Inside Climate News · By Twilight Greenaway · last updated
Neighborhood-scale decarbonization is an efficient way to electrify neighborhoods that might otherwise be left behind.

By Twilight Greenaway

In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is.