The Surprising Force Stalling Climate Progress: California Restaurants [funded by the gas industry] - eviltoast

The gas industry funded the whole thing:

In today’s fight over gas, CRA also hasn’t acted on its own. It refuses to say who paid the legal bills for its Berkeley suit. As a nonprofit, it must make its tax filings public. In these forms, nonprofits are supposed to disclose contractors to whom they paid at least $100,000 in the previous year. CRA regularly lists law firms working on its behalf, such as those litigating Covid-related restrictions. But the restaurant group has never disclosed a payment to Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, the law firm that spearheaded the Berkeley case.

The Berkeley lawsuit topped the $100,000 threshold. When Sarah Jorgensen, the law firm’s founding partner, spoke at a National Propane Gas Association board meeting in February, she was asked what a legal challenge of this sort would cost, according to a recording of the discussion heard by Bloomberg Green. After an NPGA executive estimated it would require $300,000 to $400,000 to take a case to court and “another couple of hundred thousand” for appeals, Jorgensen said “we definitely spent more than that on Berkeley.” In a written response to questions, Jorgensen declined to say who paid their legal bills.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      induction hot plates exist and are quite affordable, and I’ve even heard of libraries having them for loan

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          6 months ago

          Takes sooooo long to heat up pans and I could never keep the thing clean. Food gets baked on and to clean it meant scratching it.

          I switched to gas for the first time ever with a new house and I can use Woks again, pans heat up stupid fast, I can actually cook better and more consistently. I love it. It’s honestly a guilty pleasure now because I do minimize consumption for so many other things already.

          I have solar and shit too, hybrid hot water, etc. etc.

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            6 months ago

            Interesting, I’ve not had similar problems using my cast iron on induction, maybe there wasn’t enough current in your system, was it a counter top model or a built in?

            Edit: And by “the thing” you meant your pans right?

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              “the thing” is the induction top.

              I was using either steel or nonstick pans on the induction stovetop. It was a new home build. It’s possible someone didn’t do something right with the electrical when built, but it’s also unlikely.