Left Worried Berkeley’s Overturned Gas Ban Affects Entire Country

Yesterday MDN brought you the fantastic news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in liberal California, had overturned a ban on hooking up new homes and businesses to natural gas in Berkeley, CA (see Fed Appeals Court Overturns Berkeley, CA “First in Nation” Gas Ban). We said yesterday, "We don’t know this for sure, but we hope this case can be used as a precedent to challenge similar municipal bans in other states, including states served by M-U gas. New York City, which is a big user of M-U gas, passed a ban almost identical to Berkeley’s ban." We weren't the only ones thinking about the broader implications and consequences of the 9th Circuit's ruling. The left is already fretting over it.

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