Gas stoves won’t be banned any time soon, but they do emit hazardous missions that could present “indoor air quality hazards,” the White House said Wednesday.
Reports emerged in recent days that the Consumer Product Safety Commission could ban gas stoves.
While both the CPSC and the Biden administration deny that’s on the table, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did acknowledge the issue. [emphasis, links added]
“Research indicates that emissions from gas stoves can be hazardous, and the CPSC is looking for ways to reduce related indoor air quality hazards,” said Jean-Pierre, quoting CPSC chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric.
“But to be clear, I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceedings to do so.”
Reports surfaced Monday that the federal agency was weighing plans to regulate and even ban natural gas stoves in the U.S. due to research showing a link between harmful air pollutants and the popular household appliances.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said in an interview published Monday his agency plans to take action to address the pollutants, which have been linked to asthma and other respiratory issues.
Republicans turned up the heat on Democrats this week over the reports, with Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), vowing to “never give up” his gas stove.
Biden administration officials have responded by repeatedly saying that stoves of all types will burn bright for the foreseeable future.
Jean-Pierre’s response came after a reporter noted that the issue had “bubbled up” yesterday. Undeterred, a second reporter brought up stoves again later in Wednesday’s press briefing, noting that some Senate Democrats are calling for more regulations, again due to indoor air pollution.
“Is the president worried about the climate impact of gas stoves?” the reporter asked.
“The president does not support banning gas stoves, and the CPSC, which is independent, is not banning gas stoves,” Jean-Pierre said.
“I just want to be very clear on that. And so, again, that’s not something that we can make from here about the safety of a gas stove. That’s not something the White House can provide.”
Read more at Examiner
Typical of the Democrats wanting more stupid regulations always leave it to the Stupid Jackass Party(Liberal Democrats) to call for more useless regulations based upon Junk Science and Liberal Politics
OK, there is a distinct pattern here. The Consumer Product Safety Commission “trots out” a potential regulation based on a “study.” That study was prepared by the Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental NGO that has worked for YEARS to ERADICATE fossil fuels. Don’t suppose there might be a bit of BIAS there? This is embarrassing. If the CPSC was (actually) serious about indoor safety, they would have a detailed, independent analysis (say Underwriters Labaratory) performed BEFORE they ever consider promulgating any regulation. That is the way the process used to work. Whether it is climate, environmental, energy, border security…you name it, this seems to be the new order of business. You take a PRE-DETERMINED ideological narrative and you IMPOSE it on the citizenry. Basically, authoritarianism is a nice, SANITIZED package with media enablers, of course! The ONLY way to prevent these “zealots” from creeping into EVERY ASPECT of your life is to continue to push back. Better yet, maybe the Republicans can offer some substanitive policies over the next two years to “contrast” the madeness and convince enough voters that a regime change is desperately needed. Otherwise, I am (really) beginning to question the long term health & prosperity of the Republic…
Change the name Rocky Mountain Institute to Rocky Mountain High.
The Republicans should have immediately mocked the fake gas stove obituary, before the Democrats could issue their fake denial. I believe that the puppeteers running Washington and Ottawa aim to throttle us all with electricity smart meters. They callously put meter readers out of work. No green jobs there.
Tell the voters what they want to hear. You can keep your natural gas and propane appliances, your gasoline and diesel vehicles and tractors. You will have energy options . That is what 99% of the voters want to hear.
This whole campaign against Gas Stoves and the Keep it in the Ground is a parade of fools who think that drilling in the ground is wounding their Earth Mother there are some idiots who are into this Gaia load of Malarkey
The EPA tried desperately to show that PM2.5 killed people and exposed some volunteers to 10 times the level they thought would kill them-were the volunteers told that they were expected to die,? Perhaps not.. One woman dropped out due to asthma and the rest were just fine. So, the EPA buried the study and told Congress that PM2.5 was lethal. A complete and total lie.
Natural gas is very clean burning and it is the fumes from cooking food, perhaps overly hot, that might be a problem which is true no matter what the heat source is.