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Since
2020,
the
Rocky
Mountain
Institute
has
been
hyping
bogus
claims
about
the
alleged
danger
of
natural
gas
stoves.
That
year,
the
Colorado-based
group
claimed
that
gas
stoves
“release
toxic
pollutants
that
can
damage
human
health,
but
governments
have
done
little
to
educate
the
public
or
accelerate
the
transition
to
all-electric
cooking.”
In
early
2023,
RMI
published
a
report
that
claimed
that
12.7%
of
childhood
asthma
cases
in
the
US
“can
be
linked
to
gas
stove
use.
In
some
cases,
that
number
is
much
higher.”
That
report
got
widespread
news
coverage.
But
just
a
day
or
two
after
those
stories
were
published,
the
group
walked
back
its
claims,
with
one
RMI
official
telling
the
Washington
Examiner
that
the
new
study
“does
not
assume
or
estimate
a
causal
relationship”
between
childhood
asthma
and
natural
gas
stoves.
That
RMI
study
conveniently
ignored
a
definitive
study
published
in
Lancet
Respiratory
Medicine,
which
followed
half
a
million
schoolchildren
in
47
countries
over
a
multi-year
period.
The
2013
study
concluded,
“We
detected
no
evidence
of
an
association
between
the
use
of
gas
as
a
cooking
fuel
and
either
asthma
symptoms
or
asthma
diagnosis.”
While
the
kerfuffle
over
gas
stoves
has
largely
died
down,
the
Colorado-based
outfit
remains
one
of
the
biggest
and
most
influential
climate
NGOs.
Furthermore,
RMI
is
aggressively
pushing
efforts
to
implement
building
codes
across
the
country
that
outlaw
gas
stoves
and
appliances.
RMI
is
pushing
these
policies
even
though
69%
of
voters
oppose
bans
on
gas
stoves.
However,
the
gas
bans
are
only
one
aspect
of
RMI’s
radical
agenda.
In
2023,
it
published
a
report
with
the
Bezos
Earth
Fund,
which
claimed,
“the
fossil
fuel
era
is
over.”
Furthermore,
RMI
says
it
aims
to
“identify
and
scale
energy
system
interventions
that
will
cut
greenhouse
gas
emissions
at
least
50
percent
by
2030,”
and
claims
it
is
“transforming
the
global
energy
system
to
secure
a
clean,
prosperous,
zero-carbon
future
for
all.”
Given
its
promotion
of
quack
science,
as
well
as
its
anti-consumer-far-left
agenda,
why
is
RMI
getting
federal
funding?
According
to
its
latest
annual
report,
RMI
gets
funding
from
the
National
Science
Foundation,
Department
of
Energy,
Department
of
State,
Department
of
Transportation,
General
Services
Administration,
and
the
US
Trade
and
Development
Agency.
It
is
also
getting
funding
from
the
International
Finance
Corporation
and
World
Bank.
Read
the
rest
of
this
piece
at
Robert
Bryce
Substack.
Robert
Bryce
is
a
Texas-based
author,
journalist,
film
producer,
and
podcaster.
His
articles
have
appeared
in
a
myriad
of
publications
including
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
New
York
Times,
Forbes,
Time,
Austin
Chronicle,
and
Sydney
Morning
Herald.
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