Tell your HoCo Councilmembers and County Executive:

Electrify New Buildings Now!

The Howard County Council will soon vote on the "Clean New Buildings Climate Act," CB5-2023, which requires a report documenting changes necessary to require electrification of new buildings. Furnaces, gas stoves, and other fossil gas appliances in our homes and buildings create climate pollution, health-harming air pollution, and fill our homes with many of the same pollutants as come from tailpipes. If passed, the bill would be an important step toward requiring new homes and buildings to be cleaner and safer, which is a win for everyone. But the gas industry is trying hard to kill it. Their business model thrives on an ever expanding fossil fuel infrastructure build-out.

We need you to help protect our clean, healthy all-electric future.

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Councilmember

Liz

Walsh

Howard County Council

Dear Councilmember Walsh,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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Councilmember

Opel

Jones

Howard County Council

Dear Councilmember Jones,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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Councilmember

Christiana

Rigby

Howard County Council

Dear Councilmember Rigby,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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Councilmember

David

Yungmann

Howard County Council

Dear Councilmember Yungmann,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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Councilmember

Deb

Jung

Howard County Council

Dear Councilmember Jung,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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County Executive

Calvin

Ball

Howard County

Dear County Executive Ball,

As a resident of Howard  County, I urge you to take action on cleaning up the carbon-polluting building sector by supporting the Clean New Buildings Climate Act (CB5-2023) and ensuring that new buildings only use electric heat pumps and other appliances.

Howard County can be part of the solution to our climate crisis. According to the county greenhouse gas inventory, 11% of the county’s carbon emissions come directly from burning methane gas or propane in furnaces and appliances in buildings. The county’s draft Climate Action Plan says that, without action, carbon emissions are projected to rise because of population growth. Construction of new homes and buildings follows population growth and, without action, building emissions will continue to increase. Moreover, the warming effect is long-lasting: A new gas boiler, furnace, or hot water heater installed in the next few years will continue to emit greenhouse gases for decades.

In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, electrification of new buildings will benefit Howard County residents’ pocketbooks and health. Economic research indicates that most all-electric buildings cost less to build, and more importantly, that homeowners’ and renters’ ongoing energy costs for energy-efficient electric heat pumps and heat pump water heaters are substantially less. And accumulating evidence also shows that indoor gas combustion is a significant public health risk. Both the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have passed resolutions warning against gas stoves and cooktops.  A peer-reviewed study published in December 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "12.7% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use."  Howard County residents deserve better.

Jurisdictions across the country are enacting all-electric new construction codes - including nearby Montgomery County and Washington, DC.

I urge all of our elected officials to become climate leaders in our state by electrifying new buildings as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

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