Ballot Backlash: Voters Crush Natural Gas Bans As Climate Takes A Backseat

Voters in Washington and Berkeley, California, rejected ballot initiatives to tax or restrict natural gas use, signaling resistance to energy restrictions.

The results of [the 2024] election are nothing short of seismic. Polls and pundits uniformly predicted a too-close-to-call contest that would be decided by a handful of votes in a handful of states. […