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Cool subject, hot news! All the latest on refrigerant gases ahead of World Refrigeration Day
Here’s a quick round-up of some of the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) news we’re reading this week
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Here’s a quick round-up of some of the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) news we’re reading this week
China secured huge international media coverage when its Government-controlled State media reported pangolin scales had been removed as a raw ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) – but in reality they can still be legally traded and used.
The Chinese Government has removed pangolin scales as an ingredient from the latest edition of its traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacopoeia but concerns remain
Norges Bank has withdrawn investment in an electrical company helping to build a massive Tanzanian hydropower project citing ‘serious environmental damage’
Demand for pangolin scales in China for traditional medicine drives poaching and trafficking across Africa and Asia
The Government of Tanzania called on to stop construction of the Rufiji hydropower project in the Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site