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HFO-1234yf: Mercedes faces off with Honeywell, DuPont over coolant safety
FRANKFURT (Reuters) — When engineers at Mercedes-Benz tasked with field-testing a new refrigerant watched it ignite in a ball of fire before their eyes, it took a while for the significance of their discovery to sink in. The discovery suggested the new product posed a risk to car passengers. It has set off a battle […]
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EU scales back planned F-gas bans, opts for phase-out
The EU has abandoned plans to ban global warming fluorinated gases from Europe’s commercial and industrial refrigerators, opting largely for a ‘phase-down’ approach intended to reduce the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions to a third of today’s levels by 2030. Isaac Valero, a spokesman for EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, said that the package was “the […]
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EU: Questions and Answers on the Commission proposal to reduce emissions of climate-warming fluorinated gases
Questions and Answers on the Commission proposal to reduce emissions of climate-warming fluorinated gases 1. What is the European Commission proposing? The Commission has put forward a proposal to replace the existing Regulation 1 on fluorinated greenhouse gases with the aim of significantly reducing emissions of the gases in the European Union. By setting the […]
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EU: Gradual ban on HFCs proposed
The European Commission wants to reduce the use of the powerful global warming gases mainly used in refrigerators and air-conditioners. The European Commission proposed today (7 November) to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), powerful global warming gases mainly used in refrigerators and air-conditioners. Under the proposal, the use of HFCs will be cut to […]
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India HFC-23 emissions may rise if CDM boon ends – former official
Reuters Point Carbon) – Moves to curb offsets issued to emission reduction projects that destroy HFC-23 could result in a steep rise in emissions of the highly potent greenhouse gas as governments are unlikely to force or pay companies to destroy it instead, former Indian climate negotiator Prodipto Ghosh said Tuesday. Currently 19 plants that […]
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What Venus has taught us about protecting the ozone layer
SAVING THE OZONE: Part six in our series exploring the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – dubbed “the world’s most successful environmental agreement” – looks at the atmosphere of Venus and what it means for us on earth. In June 2012, Venus passed in front of the Sun. This won’t happen […]
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In a Factory’s Shadow, Fears About Health
NATHKUVA, India — By issuing carbon credits to companies for reducing emissions in the developing world, the United Nations aimed to inject cash into poor communities supporting the growth of sustainable industry. But in this remote village adjacent to Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited’s coolant gas plant, environmental groups and residents have been at loggerheads with the […]
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HFO-1234yf : Honeywell defends “killer refrigerant” against German opposition
HONEYWELL has hit back at a German motoring magazine article describing its new HFO-1234yf as a “killer refrigerant.” While car manufacturers around the world look set to standardise on 1234yf as the replacement for R134a in vehicle air conditioning systems, environmental groups and others in Germany continue to raise concerns over its flammability and the […]
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15 conservation issues to watch
Excerpts: … “Our aim was to identify technological advances, environmental changes, novel ecological interactions and changes in society that could have substantial impacts on the conservation of biological diversity […] whether beneficial or detrimental,” the authors write in the paper. Experts originally came up with 71 possible issues and then whittled it down to the […]
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The group BeyondHFCs express serious concerns on the new refrigerant HFO-1234y
Brussels, 2 March 2011: The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) just announced that the refrigerant HFO-1234yf has been approved for use in car air-conditioning systems. The approval was granted despite open questions regarding the substance’s impact on health and the environment that have led several organisations to openly advice against its use. “The US administration […]
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