Biden Administration Responds After Federal Agency Suggests Gas Stove Ban

A kitchen gas stove burner at a residential property in Melbourne, Australia, on June 16, 2022. Joel Carrett/AAP Image

The White House on Jan. 11 said President Joe Biden doesn’t support a ban on natural gas stoves, after a consumer safety official suggested a ban is on the table for a meeting later this year.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety (CPSC) Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg News earlier this week that natural gas stoves, used by millions of Americans every day, are a “hidden hazard” and said that “any option is on the table.”