Bloomberg Law
Jan. 18, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC

Industry Warms to State Coolant Rules With Federal Action Frozen

Abby Smith
Abby Smith
Reporter

U.S. appliance and chemical companies aren’t standing still while they wait for the Trump administration to decide on a global deal to cut potent greenhouse gas coolants. They’re moving to Plan B: work with states setting limits.

The companies have worked for more than a year to encourage President Donald Trump to support and send to the Senate for ratification a 2016 global deal to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), greenhouse gases typically used as refrigerants that warm the Earth at a rate hundreds of times more than carbon dioxide.

The agreement, known as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal ...

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