Democrats Slam Gas Industry’s Gutting Of Green Building Codes

WASHINGTON ― Four high-ranking congressional Democrats condemned a decision the private entity that sets the country’s default homebuilding guidelines made this week, which will gut requirements for new houses and offices to include the wiring for electric heaters, EV chargers and solar panels. In November, trade associations representing the natural gas industry launched 11th-hour appeals to the International Code Council, the nonprofit consortium of local governments and industry groups in charge of writing the model building codes used in almost all U.S. states. The gas groups asked…