Green groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice, are claiming the energy industry is behind the California Restaurant Association's legal challenge to the Berkeley, California, natural gas ban in new construction.

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More than a dozen California communities have enacted similar bans starting in 2020. “It's very likely the lawsuit is intended to send a chill and scare city councils into not adopting or delaying these decisions," said NRDC scientist Pierre Delforge.