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Court Ruling Threatens To Result In More Heat-Trapping Chemicals

Court Ruling Threatens To Result In More Heat-Trapping Chemicals

Full Title: Court Ruling Threatens To Result In More Heat-Trapping Chemicals
Author(s): Robbie Orvis
Publisher(s): Energy Innovation: Policy & Technology, LLC
Publication Date: August 1, 2017
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Description (excerpt):

The U.S. Court of Appeals vacated an Environmental Protection Agency standard intended to protect against potent heat-trapping chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons. This decision could cost at least 3.6 billion and up to 9.5 billion metric tons of avoided emissions by 2050.

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