F-Gas Regulation Briefing Note – Foams and Aerosols
A fact sheet providing information on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in foams and aerosols in the European Union.
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F-Gas Regulation Briefing Note – Domestic Refrigeration
A fact sheet providing information on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in domestic refrigeration in the European Union.
F-Gas Regulation Briefing Note – Commercial Refrigeration
A fact sheet providing information on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in commercial refrigeration in the European Union.
Italy & Malta could face legal action over F-Gas Regulation
LONDON: The European Commission has announced that Italy and Malta could face legal action over their continued failure to implement the European Union F-gas Regulation, which controls emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases in Europe. On the recommendation of Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, the Commission is sending a ‘reasoned opinion’ to both countries, [...]
Ozone meeting shows a trend in the right direction
I spent last week in Canada attending one of the regular meetings of the Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund (MLF), the body established to help developing countries meet their commitments under the global ozone treaty. The Montreal Protocol celebrates its 25th anniversary this September and the MLF’s Executive Committee meets two to three times a year, [...]
The man who helped alert the world to a looming disaster
This week saw the death of one of the great scientific pioneers of modern environmentalism – F Sherwood Rowland, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who, along with his student Mario Molina, identified the link between CFCs and ozone destruction and in doing so not only helped to alert the world to an environmental disaster but became [...]