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Gas vs electric heating emissions in the US: what the data shows

Home heating is one of the largest drivers of residential emissions in cold US states. For a household in Minnesota or Massachusetts, heating alone can represent 2–5 tCO₂e per year — a larger share of their footprint than all food emissions combined. The choice between natural gas and electric heating, specifically heat pumps, is therefore […]