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2022 Scoping Plan Update – Initial Air Quality & Health Impacts and Economic Analyses Results Workshop

The 2022 Scoping Plan Update will assess progress towards achieving the Senate Bill 32 (SB 32) 2030 target and lay out a path to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2045. Achieving carbon neutrality will require the State to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the energy and industrial sectors (AB 32 sources), as well as consider emissions and sinks from natural and working [...]

By |2022-06-07T16:54:29+00:00April 11, 2022|Refrigeration Regulations|0 Comments

Phasedown of HFCs: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the AIM Act

On September 23, 2021, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan signed a Final Rule titled, “Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act.” This final rule is the first regulation under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 to address the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are potent [...]

By |2022-06-07T19:39:33+00:00September 27, 2021|Refrigeration Regulations|0 Comments

Public Workshop: 2022 Scoping Plan Update – Engineered Carbon Removal Technical Workshop

Public Workshop: 2022 Scoping Plan Update - Engineered Carbon Removal Technical Workshop. The 2022 Scoping Plan Update will assess progress towards achieving the Senate Bill 32 2030 target and lay out a path to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2045. Achieving carbon neutrality will require the State to consider engineered carbon removal both at the source of emissions as [...]

By |2022-06-07T19:50:11+00:00July 16, 2021|Refrigeration Regulations|0 Comments

EPA Moves Forward with Phase Down of Climate-Damaging Hydrofluorocarbons

WASHINGTON (May 3, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing its first rule under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and many other applications. The AIM Act directs EPA to sharply reduce production and [...]

By |2022-06-07T19:37:22+00:00May 7, 2021|Refrigeration Regulations|0 Comments

California introduces groundbreaking program to reduce climate “super pollutants”

SACRAMENTO – Today the California Air Resources Board approved first-in-the-nation rules to curb the impact of powerful artificial refrigerants that pose a growing danger globally to efforts to contain the worst impacts of climate change. The refrigerants, known as hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs, are considered to be super pollutants because they trap heat in the atmosphere thousands of times more effectively [...]

By |2022-06-07T19:36:01+00:00December 10, 2020|Refrigeration Regulations|0 Comments
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