Highlighting the climate, health, and safety risks of residential natural gas and the availability of safer and non-polluting 100% electric alternatives.
Joined June 2020
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14 Aug 2024
Hey Mayor Sim: If public safety really is “non-negotiable” then why do you want to bring back natural 💥 gas?
#vanpoli #bcpoli #NaturalGas #EMS #fire #explosion #Vancouver #PublicSafety #FireRescue #PrinceGeorge #CityofPG #Surrey #SurreyBC #BC
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7 Aug 2024
Vancouver Mayor @KenSimCity and five of his councillors want to cut a critical and thoughtfully developed #climate policy. Sign up to be notified 📲 when the time comes to let him know that climate action is non 🚫 negotiable: switchitupbc.ca/gas-rollback
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Switch It Up BC retweeted
15 Feb 2023
Our family's favourite purchase in 2022?
Our Electric duct-less heat pump and the 1000s in rebate money that reduced the cost.
Our friends at @SwitchItUpBC can point you to more information if you like being cozy, saving money and fighting #climateChange
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24 Nov 2022
Fun new campaign from the @CityOfVictoria and @saanich - The Climate Friendly Home! youtu.be/xFd5oNyo2Jc #climate #bcmuni #bcpoli #electrifyeverything
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10 Nov 2022
In just-passed policy statement, the American Public Health Association (@publichealth) affirms that indoor air pollution from natural gas stoves is a public health concern. Over to you, @CPHA_ACSP! (via @emm_hines @RockyMtnInst)
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7 Nov 2022
As of July 2023, the State of Washington will require builders of new homes to install electric ⚡️ heat pumps for space & water heating. This follows similar action earlier this year on commercial and large multifamily buildings. Bravo @ShiftZeroWA! climatesolutions.org/article…
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31 Oct 2022
We've been contacted by a Vancouver homeowner who is having trouble finding a service provider who will replace his natural gas water heater with a new non-polluting ⚡️ electric model. He's basically getting the runaround. Suggestions on referrals?
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25 Oct 2022
Good recorded recent Electrify Now webinar on opportunities and challenges of electrifying restaurant kitchens. youtu.be/Phcwj888ZEU
20 Oct 2022
New @PhySciEng study finds that each year California’s natural gas kitchen appliances ( upstream infrastructure) leak the same amount of benzene - a known human carcinogen - as nearly 60,000 cars. psehealthyenergy.org/news/pr…
Switch It Up BC retweeted
4 Oct 2022
“You would never drag your gas grill into your kitchen to make dinner,” says James Dickerson, PhD @ConsumerReports’ chief scientific officer, “but in effect, cooking with a gas stove comes with some of those same risks.” #ProtectOurAir
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4 Oct 2022
Still cooking with gas? New @ConsumerReports testing found that your natural gas stove can produce “alarming" indoor levels of nitrogen oxides. NOx can worsen asthma and other respiratory diseases, and ⬆️ risk of asthma in children.
consumerreports.org/applianc…
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4 Oct 2022
For the average BC household, it is less expensive to heat with an electric heat pump ($642/year) than a natural gas furnace ($731/year), with natural gas rates set to climb even higher for some. #SwitchItUp Source: bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHy…
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29 Sep 2022
We love this @greenestcity mobile heat pump "live demo" as profiled in this @bchydro Sustainable Communities newsletter. What a cool idea! bchydro.com/powersmart/busin…
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“We now have no gas bills, and thanks to our solar panels, nearly no energy bill at all. So there’s no air pollution, and we have comfortable temperatures. What more could you want?”
-ACEEE's Mark Kresowik on his experience with heat pumps.
aceee.org/blog-post/2022/09/…
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Switch It Up BC retweeted
13 Sep 2022
After a long chat with my plumber, I’ve realised it’s not so much that we need to “get people on board” for decarbonising heat, but “get plumbers on board”.
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31 Aug 2022
Upcoming live video podcast on the all-electric kitchen with Noah Cordoba (@buildingdecarb)
@eeregov host @AtlasPolicy.
eventbrite.com/e/buildings-h…
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Switch It Up BC retweeted
25 Aug 2022
Mmmm this is a beautiful induction stove #electrifyeverything #energytwitter
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15 Aug 2022
Another satisfied Metro Vancouver area homeowner retires his natural gas furnace and switches up to an electric heat pump! Way to go!
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