EPA finalizes mandate to reduce emissions from refrigerators, air conditioners

9/23/21
 
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from CFACT,
9/23/21:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule aimed at reducing emissions from coolants used in refrigerators, air conditioners, aerosol propellants, and other sources. The rule specifically targets hydrofluorocarbons, also known as “HFCs” and intends to cut their use by 85% over 15 years.

This is in response to the Covid-relief bill passed by Congress in December, which contained language requiring the EPA to issue such a rule on coolant emissions. EPA claims that it will cut 4.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions through 2050.

Originally, HFCs were touted by many environmentalists as the eco-friendly alternative to chlorofluorocarbons (or CFCs). CFCs were claimed to be depleting the ozone layer, and were the main target of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to limit the use of CFCs.

Only time will tell if the new replacements to HFCs will finally satisfy environmentalists, or will they too eventually earn the greens’ ire?

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