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Did fake comments sink SoCal clean heat rules? Advocates want answers.

Last year, Southern California regulators rejected rules that would have phased down gas heaters after an industry-tied campaign generated 20,000+ critical comments.

By Alison F. Takemura  . 

Cars on a busy, many-laned street lined with palm trees on a smoggy day
Van Nuys Boulevard, in Van Nuys, California (Matt Gush/Getty Images)

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