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title: Another City Bans Natural Gas to Fight Climate Change
description: Brookline, Massachusetts residents voted to ban natural gas hookups in new homes and renovated buildings.
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# [Another City Bans Natural Gas to Fight Climate Change](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/oil-gas/another-city-bans-natural-gas-to-fight-climate-change)

 Written by [Samantha Joule Fow](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/oil-gas/author/samantha-joule-fow) | Nov 27, 2019 2:48:32 AM

Brookline, Massachusetts residents [voted to ban natural gas](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cities-look-to-natural-gas-bans-to-curb-carbon-emissions/) hookups in new homes and renovated buildings. 

Following the trend set by Berkeley, CA in July, a town in New England has voted to decrease the city’s carbon footprint. This shift from greening electrical generation to focusing on the climate impacts of heating and cooling may represent a catching trend within more liberal communities.

“We need to do something about climate change,” Werner Lohe, one of the measure’s sponsors, told *The Boston Globe*. “We need to stop burning fossil fuels inside our buildings. ... This is the first step in Brookline toward an all-electric, all-renewable-energy world.”

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