The natural gas initiative I-2066, explained
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🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Initiative 2066 would repeal local and state efforts to phase out natural gas. It would block long-term planning for replacing gas with electricity, and it would prohibit the state’s building codes from doing anything to discourage gas use. KUOW environment reporter John Ryan takes an in-depth look at I-2066.
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| 0:27.3 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. If you haven't |
| 0:33.3 | decided how to vote on the initiatives on your ballot, stick with us. Today, we've got a deep dive |
| 0:38.7 | on initiative 266, which would repeal local and state efforts to phase out natural gas |
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| 1:36.5 | headlines. Two measures on the November ballot could shape what kind of energy people in Washington |
| 1:49.1 | use and how much pollution we produce. KUOW Environment reporter John Ryan explores initiative |
| 1:56.1 | 266. It would stop efforts to regulate natural gas. |
| 2:07.9 | You can hear that sound in about a third of Washington homes, a gas stove starting up. |
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