Kicking Gas in The News

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Lynwood Times, July 18, 2025

Kicking Gas unveils ‘Gnome Sweet Gnome’ video on the hidden dangers of gas stoves

The Kicking Gas Campaign has launched “Gnome Sweet Gnome,” a video aimed at illustrating the connections between household gas appliances, public health concerns, and climate impacts, while providing free educational tools and encouraging community engagement to promote safer alternatives.

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Herald Net, April 25, 2025

Kicking Gas urges households to get in line for subsidies while funds last

With funding deadlines a month out and federal funding cuts looming, the climate justice group Kicking Gas is urging Snohomish County residents to apply for green appliance subsidies.

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Bloomberg, November 8, 2023

An Innovative Financing Model Is Ensuring Everyone Can Afford a Heat Pump

Kicking Gas, an initiative on a tiny Washington island, is showing how community groups can help electrify everything.

The world just suffered through the hottest October on record amid a year of unprecedented heat. That includes searing temperatures in the Pacific Northwest this past summer. While not as extreme as 2021, when a historic heat wave blanketed the region and killed over 800, record-breaking warmth once again struck the region where air conditioning isn’t yet common.

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KUOW, May 20, 2025

Whidbey's 'Kicking Gas' campaign keeps funding clean energy despite federal cuts

The Trump administration has been cutting off funding for clean energy as the United States retreats from most government actions to prevent, observe, or adapt to the earth’s rapidly changing climate.

Many local programs to protect human health and the environment depend on federal grants to do their work. Still, some programs in Washington state are managing to continue promoting climate-friendly energy with local money.

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Lynwood Times, April 23, 2025

Kicking Gas Campaign—May 21 Deadline to sign up to get up to $10,000 subsidies for heat pumps

Washington’s Kicking Gas campaign has announced a May 21 deadline to get in on up to $10,000 in subsidies for home electrification appliances in Island and Snohomish counties only.

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Everett Herald, September 13, 2023

Whidbey Island is ‘kicking gas’ in push for all-electric homes

In eight months, the Kicking Gas campaign helped 118 Whidbey Island homes install energy-efficient heat pumps. That’s just the first step.

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Whidbey Weekly, March 9, 2023

Whidbey Island Kicking Gas Campaign Gains Traction As Locals See Value in Heat Pumps

With a launch to a room of 50+ people on Jan. 17, a local movement on Whidbey Island to help residents switch from propane, oil, and wood is gaining momentum.

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The Seattle Times, March 6, 2023

Getting a heat pump? Check out these financial incentives

“On South Whidbey Island, a nonprofit called Kick Gas Now offers support for area residents seeking to switch from propane, oil or wood to heat pumps.”

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South Whidbey Record, January 13, 2023

Campaign encourages ‘kicking gas’

Organizers are hoping to convince 100 homeowners to switch from fossil fuels to an electric source.

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