EPA Floats New HFC Limits But Rejects Industry-Advocates' Phaseout Deal

EPA has issued its long-awaited proposed rule delisting several high global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, though the measure adopts speedier phaseouts for some chemicals than what several industry and other stakeholders had sought, prompting early criticism over the plan. Among other things, the March 29 proposal , rejects a consensus agreement sought by a coalition of commercial refrigeration industry groups and environmentalists to phase out chemicals by 2025, and instead seeks a speedier phaseout by 2024. The...