Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Campaign Focus Areas
- Preventing Illegal Trade
Preventing Illegal Trade
Illegal production, use, and trade in banned or controlled ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases used in the cooling sector remains a critical obstacle to international efforts to limit the worst impacts of climate change.
Resources
- U.S. Signals It Means Business in Preventing HFC Black Market
U.S. Signals It Means Business in Preventing HFC Black Market
Today the U.S. EPA announced a series of initial enforcement actions taken in the first several months of implementing the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) superpollutants. Big steps in preventing HFC black markets from operating unhinged.
- U.S. Center COP26 - Securing the Climate Benefits of the Global HFC Phasedown
U.S. Center COP26 - Securing the Climate Benefits of the Global HFC Phasedown
EIA’s Executive Director Alexander von Bismarck participated in a U.S. side event at COP 26. EPA Administrator Michael Regan hosted the event with participation from other environmental leaders from Japan, Canada, and the European Union to discuss preventing markets for illegal trade in Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
- EPA Grants Petitions to Transition Technologies Away from HFCs
EPA Grants Petitions to Transition Technologies Away from HFCs
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to a series of petitions requesting certain sectors be required to transition away from using most hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in newly manufactured products. EPA granted or partially granted multiple petitions, including the petition submitted by EIA that calls on EPA to replicate HFC regulations recently finalized in California. Other petitions submitted by the California Air Resources Board and other states, and the International Institute for Ammonia Refrigeration call for a similar approach.
- Landmark EPA Climate Rulemaking Takes Aim at U.S. Phasedown of Super-Pollutant HFCs
Landmark EPA Climate Rulemaking Takes Aim at U.S. Phasedown of Super-Pollutant HFCs
The Environmental Protection Agency has published a landmark new climate regulation to establish an allocation system to cap and begin phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the super pollutant greenhouse gases used mainly in cooling.
- EIA briefing to OEWG43: Unexpected CFC-11 emissions
EIA briefing to OEWG43: Unexpected CFC-11 emissions
Briefing to the 43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 43)
- First-Ever Walmart Shareholder Resolution on Climate-Damaging Refrigerants Passes Key Threshold for Support
First-Ever Walmart Shareholder Resolution on Climate-Damaging Refrigerants Passes Key Threshold for Support
Today, Walmart investors voted on the first-ever shareholder resolution on refrigerants and their related climate impacts. The initial count indicates 5.5 percent of investors voted in favor of the proposal filed by Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner, urging Walmart to disclose how it will limit its impact on climate change by increasing the scale, pace, and rigor of its plans to significantly scale back hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in its operations.
- Unkept Promises: Chemours Newest Targets Miss the Mark
Unkept Promises: Chemours Newest Targets Miss the Mark
Following EIA’s call to cease irresponsible operations and subsequent mounting press pressure, the American chemical giant, the Chemours company released a new statement on their climate goals yesterday.
- Pathway to Net-Zero: Cooling Product List
Pathway to Net-Zero: Cooling Product List
The climate impact of cooling equipment, including fridges and air-conditioners, is two-fold: they use huge amounts of electricity and often rely on super-polluting refrigerant gases such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
- EIA Calls on Chemours to Immediately End Activities Causing HFC-23 Emissions
EIA Calls on Chemours to Immediately End Activities Causing HFC-23 Emissions
A press release from the American chemical giant, the Chemours Company reveals the company’s unfulfilled promises and blatant disregard for the global climate.
- Leaking Havoc: Exposing Your Supermarket’s Invisible Climate Pollution
Leaking Havoc: Exposing Your Supermarket’s Invisible Climate Pollution
An EIA investigation into dozens of supermarkets in the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Virginia and Maryland, found a majority of stores to be leaking super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants