A ruling in the Southern District of New York, which covers New York City, has upheld the citys 2021 ban on natural gas heating and appliances in new buildings. The decision will have consequences for other similar attempts to curtail fossil fuels in Seattle, Boston, and several dozen other states and municipalities that have enacted such bans from 2020 on. Grist has more on the new reversal of a 2023 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that challenged the Berkeley, Californias precedent-setting 2019 ban.New York City's ban was used as a model for the eventual New York State ban that was the subject of the legal challenge made by groups representing the plumbing industry.