Richard Trumka – California Globe

If You Like Your Gas Stove, You Can Keep Your Gas Stove

March 28, 2025 7:34 amMarch 29, 2025 8:51 am

They are coming for your gas-powered car, your gas stove, your gas water heater, your gas furnace, your gas dryer, your gas grille, your gas blower, your gas fireplace, and any other gas-powered appliance or vehicle you can think of....

Green Totalitarianism: They’re Coming for Your Water Heater Now

July 23, 2023 3:39 pmJuly 23, 2023 3:40 pm

First they came for your internal combustion engine automobiles and diesel trucks. Next they came for your gas stoves and BBQs. Then they came for your shower heads, water faucets, dishwashers, air conditioners and portable gas generators. Now the Biden...

The Spark that Lit the Gas Stove Debate

March 17, 2023 3:40 pmMarch 17, 2023 4:27 pm

On January 1, 2023 it is likely most Americans woke up with a hangover. On January 1, 2023, it is a almost a certainty that no American woke up worried that the gas stove in their kitchen was secretly killing...

Senators Cruz, Manchin Propose ‘The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act’

February 5, 2023 10:00 pmFebruary 6, 2023 10:13 am

We know that California is pushing to become the first state to ban natural gas heaters, water heaters, and furnaces by 2030, a policy of the California Air Resources Board, entirely made up of appointees by the governor. As the Globe...

The Tangled Government Web Behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves

January 12, 2023 2:45 amJanuary 12, 2023 12:40 pm

We know that California is pushing to become the first state to ban natural gas heaters, water heaters, and furnaces by 2030, a policy of the California Air Resources Board, entirely made up of appointees by the governor. Now the federal...

AB 5 is Such a Disaster in California, Pelosi and Congressional Democrats Push National Law to Destroy Gig Economy

February 6, 2020 9:20 amFebruary 7, 2020 8:58 am

Because California’s AB 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez hasn’t done enough damage already to independent contractors and freelance workers in hundreds of different industries, Congressional Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are championing their own national version: The Protecting the Right...

On The Heels Of AB 5, Congress Proposes Bill To Overturn ‘Right to Work’ States

January 29, 2020 3:04 pmFebruary 3, 2020 8:52 am

House Democrats have proposed a new law, which many compare to California’s Assembly Bill 5, to favor labor unions by implementing sweeping “Right to Work” laws. Authored by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and called The Protecting the Right to Organize...