Arizona public interest group calls on leaders to push harder for solar
New report details benefits of converting all new building to electric-only
PHOENIX, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Report 48% of homes in the United State use natural gas. Those staggering numbers have prompted the Arizona Public Interest Research Group to call on leaders to make drastic changes.
PIRG is pleading with leaders to push legislation to build homes and commercial buildings using solely electricity. According to their findings, the use of natural gas increases greenhouse gases.
Their report
Electric Buildings: Repowering Homes and Businesses for Our Health and Environment was released this week. In it, the showcase the benefits of converting to purely electricity by the year 2050.
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 6, 2021
BOSTON Replacing fossil fuel technology with electric option in the majority of American homes and businesses over the next 30 years could reduce so much net carbon emissions that it would be the equivalent of taking 65 million cars almost one-fourth of the total number of cars in the U.S. in 2019 off the road. These important savings are just one of the major findings in a new report released Tuesday by Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group. Entitled Electric Buildings: Repowering Homes and Businesses for Our Health and Environment, the study documents the benefits of electrifying the majority of buildings in America to consumers and the environment.