in producing respiratory disease,” said Alejandro Barboza, an Anaheim native who’s focusing on sustainability at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman said that could worsen emissions if manufacturers move to places with more lax air quality rules and end up trucking products back to our stores. Already Hagman said he’s concerned about how long companies are saying they have to wait to get an OK from Southern California Edison to connect to the strained electricity grid, with some businesses in his western district reporting delays of up six years.
“Many times when people think about climate change, they think of something that’s very far away,” said Ayn Craciun, who heads up the Orange County chapter of Climate Action Campaign. “But it’s actually something that happens very close to our homes, in our kitchens and especially in commercial kitchens.”
The new rules will be phased in, with exceptions for some equipment where regulators say it wouldn’t be cost-effective or feasible to go electric.