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Gas stoves

May 2024

  • ‘It’s moving throughout our whole home much faster than we expected,’ said Rob Jackson, co-author of the study.

    America's dirty divide
    Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study

    Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected

February 2024

  • Michael Kavate

    Why I quit
    I was a kitchen snob who would only cook on gas. Now an induction hob is my new flame

    Michael Kavate
    Moving to a new flat forced my wife and me to go electric – and realise it wasn’t the tragic culinary loss I believed, says writer Michael Kavate

January 2024

  • illustration of food

    Our unequal earth
    Less beef, more leftovers: 21 food sustainability resolutions for 2024

    From beginner tips to pro maneuvers, and solo moves to community undertakings, these changes will help you cut down on food waste this year

December 2023

  • Collage of hose builders, the dollar bill and gas utility infrastructure

    Big oil uncovered
    Revealed: US utility firms offer builders cash and trips to fit new homes with gas appliances

    Utilities give rewards to house builders to install and promote gas appliances in homes – and enlist celebrity chefs to extoll the fossil fuel

November 2023

  • A saucepan on a gas cooker

    Gas cookers pump out pollutants linked to childhood asthma, report finds

    Scientists find average levels of nitrogen dioxide almost twice as high in homes cooking with gas as in those cooking without

October 2023

  • Screengrab of Gas Leaks horror themed advocacy video

    Big oil uncovered
    Halloween-themed climate campaign aims to show horrors of methane gas

  • Coffee pot on an electric stovetop

    Energy consumer lobby calls for Australia-wide ban on gas connections in new homes

September 2023

  • Aerial view of new housing

    Victoria’s gas ban for new homes expected to reap significant emissions cuts

    Exclusive: Analysis shows new all-electric homes would generate 16% lower emissions than new gas-electric homes

July 2023

  • NSW premier Chris Minns

    NSW won’t ban gas in new homes as premier declares ‘I don’t need another complication’

    Chris Minns rules out following Victoria in banning new gas connections, saying state has enough serious energy challenges

June 2023

  • gas stove burning

    Gas stoves emit benzene levels above secondhand smoke, US study finds

    Even low doses of airborne benzene raise the risk of a variety of cancers, including lymphomas and leukemia

February 2023

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    America's dirty divide
    Gas stove pollution: will air purifiers or even plants make your home safer?

    Air quality experts weigh in on different methods to keep air pollution out of the home and refute commonly held beliefs

January 2023

  • Blue Flame Of Gas Stove Burner<br>Gas And Oil Concept. Energy Crisis. Blue Flame Of Gas Stove Top

    America's dirty divide
    These homes replaced their gas stoves – and saw a huge drop in indoor pollution

  • Chef Jon Kung

    Our unequal earth
    ‘I use it because it’s better’: why chefs are embracing the electric stove

  • A recent study found that roughly 12.7% of childhood asthma in the US is due to exposure in homes with gas stoves.

    America's dirty divide
    US renters have growing worries over gas stoves – and few options

  • Illustration picture showing gas on a gas stove.

    Down to Earth newsletter
    Down to Earth: How gas stoves ignited an American culture war

  • America's dirty divide
    Are gas stoves really dangerous? What we know about the science

  • One in eight cases of asthma in US kids caused by gas stove pollution – study

March 2022

  • A computer-generated image of the Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSat.

    How satellites may hold the key to the methane crisis

    A new generation of detectors will be many times better at tracking discharges of the dangerous greenhouse gas

August 2021

  • A natural gas fueling station near the border between the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach owned and operated by Clean Energy Fuels.

    Floodlight
    They fought for clean air. They didn’t know they were part of a gas industry campaign

    Residents around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were paid to show support for natural gas trucks at community hearings

May 2020

  • About a third of US households cook primarily with gas.

    Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds

    Gas cookers making people sick and exposing tens of millions to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside
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