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Biden’s EPA orders slash in climate-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration

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The new rule follows through on a law Congress passed last year. HFCs are greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide. They often leak through pipes or appliances that use compressed refrigerants. Transitioning to safer alternatives is expected to generate more than $270 billion in cost savings.

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EPA Rule Sharply Limits HFCs, Gases Used as Refrigerants

In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

3 years ago

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Portland Press Herald

EPA rule sharply limits hydrofluorocarbons, gases used as refrigerants

The new rule is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85 percent over the next 15 years, part of a global phaseout designed to slow global warming.

3 years ago·Portland, United States

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WTSP

EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants

The new rule on hydrofluorocarbons is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of those gases by 85% over the next 15 years.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants

WASHINGTON (AP) — In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.The new rule announced Thursday follows through on a law Congress passed last year and is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85% over the next 15 years, part of…

3 years ago·East Providence, United States

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Star Advertiser

EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants

WASHINGTON >> In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

3 years ago·Honolulu, United States

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Bangor Daily News

EPA sharply limits gases used as refrigerants

WASHINGTON — In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.The new rule announced Thursday follows through on a law Congress passed last year and is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85 percent over the next 15 years, part …

3 years ago·Bangor, United States

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