Los Angeles to ban most gas appliances in new homes
Climate change spurred Friday's unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council.
Source: latimes.com
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Climate change spurred Friday's unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council.
L.A. City Councilmember Kevin de León said the owner of the facility has "a troubling pattern" of skirting legal requirements and that the site poses a health risk to hundreds of low-income and vulnerable residents in the area.
L.A. has hundreds of active oil wells. Council members asked 2½ years ago for a new ordinance mandating annual inspections of oil sites, but no such law has been approved.