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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