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Potent greenhouse gases and ozone depleting chemicals called CFCs are back on the rise following an international ban
Emissions of a small group of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made chemicals that destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer and fuel global warming, are back on the rise after their production was all but banned more than a decade ago, a new study concludes. Emissions of the vast majority of CFCs have steadily declined since countries phased out […]
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EPA looks to further slash emissions from climate super-pollutants
The proposal comes about a month after the Senate voted to ratify a global treaty that calls for gradually reducing the use and production of the chemicals.
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The Senate just quietly passed a major climate treaty
America is in the middle of a mini–golden Age of climate policy.
Senate ratifies Kigali Amendment, the global pact to curb hydrofluorocarbons
In a bipartisan vote, lawmakers voted to join an international agreement to phase out the hydrofluorocarbons commonly found in refrigerators and air-conditioners.
Senate approves first climate treaty in decades
While the Senate is badly divided on most climate issues, strong backing from the business community to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons.
Senate set to approve treaty fighting climate super-pollutants
Sen. Charles E. Schumer has teed up votes this week on the Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which compels countries to phase down hydrofluorocarbons — chemicals used in air conditioning and refrigeration that are hundreds to thousands of times as powerful as carbon dioxide.
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Robinson Meyer: The EPA just quietly got stronger
The new climate bill isn’t quite “all carrots, no sticks.”
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