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Seattle is getting creative to lower emissions

NPR

Published January 3, 2024 at 7:52 AM EST

Cities hoping to avoid legal threats over outright bans on natural gas are thinking outside the box to lower emissions in buildings.

Here & Now’s Scott Tong learns more about some of the solutions with Akielly Hu, a news and politics fellow with our editorial partner, Grist.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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