Think Tank Urges EPA Regulation Of Gas Appliances To Limit NOx, GHGs

The Institute for Policy Integrity (IPI), a think tank that is part of the New York University School of Law, is urging EPA to exercise its Clean Air Act authority to regulate potentially millions of domestic gas-fired appliances such as heating furnaces to limit both greenhouse gases and conventional air pollutants like nitrogen oxides (NOx). “Fossil fuel-powered appliances ubiquitous in residential and commercial buildings collectively emit almost three times more smog-forming nitrogen oxides than the nation’s gas-fired power plants, and...