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Is China emitting a potent greenhouse gas it agreed to curb?

Though the country ratified the Kigali Amendment in 2021, concentrations of HFC-23 have remained elevated in East Asia.
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EPA looks to further slash emissions from climate super-pollutants

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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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.
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Biden submits treaty fighting climate super-pollutants for Senate approval

Biden submits treaty fighting climate super-pollutants for Senate approval

The move on hydrofluorocarbons, which are hundreds of times as potent as carbon dioxide, comes just days after global climate talks wrapped up at COP26.
Bipartisan Senate plan would slash use of hydrofluorocarbons, a powerful greenhouse gas
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Bipartisan Senate plan would slash use of hydrofluorocarbons, a powerful greenhouse gas

In a rare defiance of the Trump administration, key Senate Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in agreeing to phase down a set of chemicals widely used in air conditioners and refrigeration that is warming the planet.

This is one international climate agreement Trump supports.
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This is one international climate agreement Trump supports.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol would cut HFCs, potent greenhouse gases widely used in air conditioners and refrigerators.
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