One Couple’s Quest to Ditch Natural Gas

This story originally appeared on Grist. It was produced by Grist and originally copublished with the Guardian. It’s republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

My wife and I live in a green, two-story colonial at the end of a cul-de-sac in Burlington, Vermont. Each spring, the front of our home is lined with lilacs, crocuses, and peonies. The backyard is thick with towering black locust trees. We occasionally spot a fox from our office windows, or toddlers from the neighborhood day care trundling through the woods. It’s an alarmingly idyllic home, with one exception: It runs on natural gas.

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