Illegal refrigerant gases still trafficked into Europe as climate emergency worsens
Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, new research shows
Tag: eu-f-gas-regulation
Revised EU F-gas Regulation heralds a new era of climate innovation
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.
European Parliament votes to phase out climate-harming hydrofluorocarbons by 2050
Climate campaigners at the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcome the European Parliament’s adoption today of a series of ambitious amendments to the European Commission proposal on a revised EU F-Gas Regulation, which largely rejected a last-ditch industry lobby attempt to reduce its ambition
European Parliament’s ENVI Committee agrees to phase out HFC super greenhouse gases
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted to significantly strengthen the EU’s world-leading climate legislation related to fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases)
US chemical giant accused by EIA of spreading disinformation to prolong the use of harmful refrigerants
EIA Climate campaigners today (6 December) accused US chemical giant Chemours 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 part of the company’s portfolio.
US chemical giant spreads climate disinformation to prolong the use of harmful F-gas refrigerants
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.