A new joint investigation by Topten, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and ECODES reveals that residential heat pumps using natural refrigerants are no longer just a future promise – they are already a reality in Europe. The research found more than 310 air-to-water heat pump models using natural refrigerants such as propane (R-290) and carbon […]
LONDON: International supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize appears to be lagging behind when it comes to phasing out climate-harming refrigeration – even though CEO Frans Muller was until just days ago the co-chair of the influential Consumer Goods Forum, which is committed to speeding up the transition to natural refrigerants. Ahold Delhaize, which operates more than […]
The 97,000 delegates registered in Dubai for the UN CoP28 climate summit are being kept cool in the desert heat with unsustainable, energy-inefficient cooling units containing potent climate-polluting refrigerant gases
The Global Cooling Pledge was launched today at the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP28) in Dubai, bringing a much-needed focus on the climate impacts of the cooling sector
European policy-makers today agreed a revised European Union (EU) F-gas Regulation supporting decarbonisation goals and driving innovation and green investment across a wide range of sectors, including heat pumps, the cold chain, healthcare and more.
LONDON: US chemical giant Chemours is today (6 December) accused by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) of peddling spurious claims and disinformation to prevent the adoption of ambitious EU climate legislation that will further restrict the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases), a prominent segment of the company’s portfolio.