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Time to leapfrog over the chemical industry’s next generation of climate-wrecking refrigerants

EIA Climate campaigners are in Bangkok this week for a major international meeting and today (10 July) released a new report urging immediate action to halt the transition to yet another generation of harmful fluorinated gases. Persistent Problems – The hidden impacts of hydrofluoroolefins, the latest generation of fluorinated gases makes the case to end […]

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Critical climate targets are being jeopardised by rogue HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions

The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The climate super-pollutant is produced and emitted primarily as an unwanted byproduct of manufacturing […]