Southern California's air quality regulators are set to vote this week on new rules aimed at phasing out the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters in the region. The South Coast Air ...

“California regulators are on notice: if you pass illegal bans or penalties on gas appliances, we’ll see you in court,” Essayli said on X. “The law is clear — feds set energy policy, not ...

These gas appliances — one of the largest sources of LA area’s smog — could be phased out New household water heaters and heating systems powered by natural gas would be phased out in the ...

GE Appliances plans to shift production of refrigerators, gas ranges and water heaters out of China and Mexico as part of a ...

California is also, like New York, a blue state that’s heavily reliant on stoves, furnaces, water heaters and other appliances that run on polluting and planet-warming natural gas.

Angel Gomez, left, and Franes Mendez of plumbing company John G. Webster remove a gas water heater from a home in Washington in 2024. (Bastien Inzaurralde / AFP via Getty Images) Southern California's ...

Based on the lifetime of these appliances — 25 years for heating systems and 15 years for water heaters — about 200,000 furnaces and 300,000 water heaters will be replaced annually in the ...