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To fight climate change, municipalities across the United States are banning natural gas lines from being installed in new buildings. That means no gas stoves. Politicians and policymakers in those places — Berkeley being one of the first — want people to use electric appliances, such as electric stovetops or the more advanced induction stovetop. (There’s a health factor too. Open flames put out some gases you might not want to breathe.) But the natural gas industry is fighting back. Today, we talk about the multimillion-dollar battle being fought between gas companies and municipal and state governments. And that battle is being waged in your kitchen.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuest: L.A. Times national correspondent Evan HalperMore reading: Clash of the kitchens: California leads the way in a new climate battleground Video: Would you get rid of your gas stove and go electric?California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next