New York lawmakers have inched closer to banning gas stoves and fossil fuel appliances in most buildings and also single-family homes. The proposal in the Democrat-controlled state will move forward with the state budget at the end of March and Democrats in both chambers of the state legislature have “endorsed proposals to prohibit fossil fuel furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and gas stoves in most new construction,” according to POLITICO. New York would be the first to take this step through legislative action; California and Washington have done so through building codes. An agreement has not been finalized to ensure...