Environment

EPA considers next steps to ban HFCs

In early May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a stakeholder meeting to discuss how the agency might proceed in […]


05.22.2018

California proceeds with HFC prohibitions and plans to reduce NOx emissions

At its March 22-23 meeting in Riverside, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. California intends […]


04.23.2018

California proceeding with HFC regulations

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is moving forward with its plans to adopt the same EPA SNAP list of unacceptable […]


03.23.2018

EPA requests SNAP Program input through stakeholder meeting

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a stakeholder meeting to gather input as it begins developing a response to […]


03.23.2018

U.S. Court of Appeals upholds decision to vacate EPA HFC rule

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied a petition to rehear its earlier decision to […]


02.26.2018

California proceeding with HFC regulations

There is ongoing pressure to remove HFCs from the supply chain. For example, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) plans […]


02.26.2018

Environmental Protection Agency

January 31, 2018 Significant new alternatives policy (EPA SNAP) As required by Executive Order 13777 offsetting the number and cost of new […]


01.31.2018

California updates plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (CARB) has recommended that the State phase down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants commonly […]


12.04.2017

California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board (CARB)

Proposed strategy to reduce short-lived climate pollutants California has joined a worldwide movement to help stall climate change by limiting […]


12.01.2017

Department of Energy

Walk-in coolers/freezers (DOE/WIC/WIF) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has extended the deadline by when members must meet new energy […]


07.18.2017