Last winter, I paid $300 less to heat my house, compared to the previous winter. That certainly was a welcome relief after three straight years of double-digit increases in my winter energy bill. I ...

Natural gas began in early 19th-century America as a public utility used mainly for streetlights and industrial purposes, with the Gas Light Company of Baltimore leading the way in 1816. Over ...

The ruling won’t stop gas appliances from polluting homes and emitting greenhouse gases. And the sort of ordinance at issue applied only to new construction, not the gas appliances already in homes.

“We had thousand-dollar bills this past winter,” Lordi said outside her home recently, as construction crews replaced old gas lines in her neighborhood. Her bill combines gas and electric, but during ...