The gas industry in the USA has adopted the same strategies used by the tobacco industry to avoid the consequences of gas stoves' negative health impacts. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1183551603/gas-stove-utility-tobacco
I've not seem similar efforts in Aotearoa New Zealand, but [a] I've not been looking and [b] I note, for reference, that this is similar to the tactics of Big Oil and Big Tech.
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