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Oregon's first natural gas ban now going before Eugene voters - The Seattle Times

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Oregon’s first natural gas ban now going before Eugene voters - oregonlive.com

Eugene voters will get to decide whether the city should ban natural gas hookups in new residential construction.

At stake is a controversial ordinance that the Eugene City Council approved in February– the first of its kind in Oregon and one of nearly a hundred similar gas bans approved nationwide. City staff and environmental activists say it’s needed to stop the expansion of natural gas infrastructure and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in buildings.

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