The Democrat-controlled City of Chicago is moving to ban natural gas from all new homes in an effort to comply with the “Net Zero” goals of the unelected World Economic Forum (WEF).

The Chicago City Council is considering an ordinance that would outlaw the use of natural gas in most new buildings.

City Council officials claim the plan is vital in meeting the WEF’s “Net Zero” agenda to “save the planet” from the so-called “climate crisis.”

The proposal is dubbed the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO).

It would set an emission standard effectively prohibiting natural gas via an unreachable standard.

This would make the Windy City the latest blue city to prohibit future homes from using gas stoves.

It would also pave the way for electric heating and appliances that reportedly emit lower greenhouse gases.

“This is a matter of real survival and the future of our city – and especially our economic future,” said Democrat Alderwoman Maria Hadden, who introduced the CABO.

“We’re being forced in this direction [not only] by nature, but also by policy, by business and [by] industry. People are making these decisions because it’s economical, it’s healthier [and] it’s safer.”

Democrats at the federal, state, and local levels have floated or pursued bans on gas stoves.

A proposed rule from Democrat President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) would ban the sale of half of all gas stoves on the market, the department projected in February 2023.

Months later, the New York State legislature passed a bill that would require new buildings seven stories tall or shorter to use induction ranges and electric heat pumps.

Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul likened the transition from natural gas to the transition away from coal.

The Biden administration in June supported Berkeley, Calif.’s plan it enacted in 2019 to ban natural gas in future buildings.

Years after the city handed down the plan, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the restriction of natural gas by cities and states violates federal law.

Earlier this month, the court declined a petition to grant the case a new hearing, meaning the ruling will be final unless the Supreme Court takes up the case.

Meanwhile, some leftist lawmakers are pushing severe penalties to force the public into complying with “Net Zero.”

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