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Environment Canada Publishes Notice of Intent to Regulate HFCs

Environment Canada announced that it is moving forward with regulatory measures to limit the growth of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). It has published a Notice of Intent to Regulate Hydrofluorocarbons in the Canada Gazette outlining the scope of the proposed measures for HFCs, which are considered potent greenhouse gases.




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EPA Issues Highly Anticipated Rule on HFC Phasedown

EPA issued a final rule establishing a comprehensive program to cap and phase down the production and consumption of climate-damaging HFCs in the United States.




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NY Grocers Call For State to Pause HFC Standard

New York grocers are calling on the state to pause its HFC standard, noting that the proposed regulations would have devastating impacts on the retail food industry.




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NY Grocers Call to Pause Proposed HFC Regulations

Grocers in New York State are calling for a pause to a new HFC standard in hopes to allow for a more reasonable timeline.




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EPA Issues Final Rule on Managing HFCs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a final rule that focuses on reducing HFC leaks and maximizing refrigerant reclamation.




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EPA Sees Uptick in HFC Reclamation

EPA recently reported an increase in the total volume of HFCs reclaimed in 2023 compared to 2022.




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EIA Identifies Retailers With HFC-Free Refrigeration Systems

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) unveiled a new initiative identifying U.S. retailers committed to taking leadership action to reduce HFCs.




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HFC Coalition Cheers Antidumping Inquiry

The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating whether Chinese HFCs are circumventing the 2016 antidumping duty order on HFC blends.




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HVAC Industry Responds To EPA’s HFC Management Rule

In comments to EPA’s proposed rule regarding HFC management, many HVACR stakeholders expressed concern over issues including tracking cylinders, training technicians, and reclaiming refrigerant.




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Preparing for the Annual HFC Audit Requirement

Annual HFC inventory reports are required to be audited by a CPA to ensure compliance, and regulated entities should understand what to anticipate for the 2024 compliance period. 




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[ J.1109 (01/19) ] - Requirement for in-band full-duplex in a HFC based network

Requirement for in-band full-duplex in a HFC based network




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Tech Query: What is the outlook for Infibeam Avenues, HFCL, Oil India, NGL Fine-Chem?

We zoom in on the prospects of Infibeam Avenues, as also the prospects of three other stocks — HFCL, Oil India, NGL Fine-Chem




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Competition mechanism of self-trapped excitons and Te4+ ions emission in the Te4+ doped vacancy-ordered double perovskite Rb2HfCl6 and its excellent properties

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,2457-2470
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00109E, Research Article
Ruxin Liu, Kaishun Zou, Guanglu Zhang, Min Feng, Mingxuan Li, Juncheng Liu
The luminescence mechanism of Te4+-doped VODPs is reported. Te4+-doped Hf-based VODPs exhibit luminescence characteristics that are more in line with those of Te4+ ions, while Te4+-doped Sn- and Zr-based VODPs have STEs emission characteristics.
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ISL | HFC consigns Blasters to third straight loss




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Honeywell and Chemours ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal in HFC case




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HFCL consortium wins ₹8,100 crore BharatNet phase III bids 

The shares of HFCL Limited were trading at ₹128.89 up by ₹2.10 or 1.66 per cent on the NSE today at 1.40 pm




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HFCS sales down but sweetener sales remain stable

Fewer manufacturers are using high fructose corn syrup in their products, but they aren’t making them less sweet.




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Another thought on the HFCS name change

Environmental cartoonist Jay Mohr gives his interpretation of the request to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar




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Last-Call for Canada's f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit

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f-cell+HFC 2019 to Address Growing Shift to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Solutions

Inaugural f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit Conference and Trade Fair; International Industry Leaders Set to Address Hydrogen's Role in a Clean Energy Future




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AVL, Leading Developer of Next-Generation Powertrain Solutions, Joins Canada's f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit as Host Sponsor

Industry leaders at f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit to showcase Canada's competitive advantage in clean hydrogen and fuel cell solutions




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Zero-Emission Strategies for Harbour, Port and Transit Operations Unlocked at Canada's f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit

Two Workshops designed specifically for maritime, trucking and transit leaders




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f-cell+HFC Impulse Summit Brings Hydrogen and Fuel Cells to the Forefront of Clean, Renewable Energy Solutions

A Packed Conference for Two Days of Talks, Product Updates, Zero Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Ride and Drive and More




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A Global Response to HFCs through Fair and Effective Ozone and Climate Policies

11 July 2014

Rising HFC use poses a significant threat to intergovernmental efforts to combat climate change. At present, there is a glaring regulatory gap in this area. Although challenging, there is no reason why the international community cannot come together to address this new problem of coordination and ensure that legal regimes support each other.

Duncan Brack

Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme

Stephen O. Andersen

Director of Research, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)

Joanna Depledge

Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

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In this aerial image, icebergs are seen as a glacier is flown into the sea on July 30, 2012 near Qaanaaq, Greenland. Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images.

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are replacements for many of the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) currently being phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Unlike those ozone-depleting substances (ODS), HFCs do not destroy the ozone layer, but they are very powerful greenhouse gases (GHGs) – up to thousands of times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide – and their use is currently growing faster than any other category of GHGs. Projections show HFC use increasing as much as 30-fold by 2050, adding up to 0.1°C of global average temperature rise by mid-century, and increasing up to five-fold, to 0.5°C, by 2100. This clearly makes it more difficult to limit the rise in global temperature to the internationally agreed ceiling of 2°C – and thereby avoid dangerous climate change – by the end of the 21st century.

As GHGs, HFCs fall under the purview of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and are explicitly listed under the UNFCCC’s 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which controls emissions of HFCs and other GHGs. They are not, however, subject to any specific measures under the climate agreements, and this is unlikely to change in the near future. Accordingly, the last five years have seen proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs.

Such a step would have a number of advantages. Since substitutes already exist for almost all uses of HFCs, the consumption and production phase-out model of the Montreal Protocol is better suited to controlling HFCs than the emissions limits controls of the climate regime; and the individuals and organizations involved in implementing the Montreal Protocol have accumulated substantial experience and expertise in dealing with precisely those industrial sectors in which HFCs are used, including refrigeration and air-conditioning, foams, solvents and aerosols.

This paper, which draws on the discussions at a workshop held at Chatham House in April 2014, outlines the main issues around the question of how best to craft a fair and effective global response to the growth in HFC use. A number of key issues are central to the debate: the principle of equity between developed and developing countries; the availability of alternatives to HFCs; the need for financial support for developing countries; the legal relationship between the climate and ozone regimes; and, underlying all these, the need for political will to resolve these challenges.




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Kilgali Amendment would phase out climate-changing HFC refrigerants. Will Trump ratify it?

Our bet: no.




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Global treaty signed to ban HFC refrigerants

This is a very big deal, but just the first of many more bigger and harder deals that we need.




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Nobody is taking away your air conditioner; there are lots of alternatives to HFCs

Only in America are they hard to find. How does that happen?




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Honeywell and Chemours ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal in HFC case