Electrifying Eugene offers a first-hand look at how cities can navigate pushback from the gas industry to pursue viable pathways to decarbonization.

Local governments across the US are increasingly looking to phase out so-called "natural" gas to hit their climate targets — and discovering that the fossil fuel industry is prepared to do everything it takes to stop them. Following the work of Aya Cockram of Fossil Free Eugene, Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault of Beyond Toxics, Jan Hasselman of Earthjustice, Danny Noonan of Breach Collective, and Eugene’s Mayor Lucy Vinis, we explore how one community’s efforts to pursue electrification is being met with opposition from Oregon’s largest “natural” gas utility, Northwest Natural — and how by harnessing a groundswell of community support for fossil fuel controls, they are able to push back.