Natural Refrigerants European Commission

ATMO EUROPE: ‘Choose Natural Refrigerants if You Can,’ Says European Commission Representative

Bente Tranholm-Schwartz, Deputy Head of Unit at DG Climate Action at the European Commission (EC), pointed to natural refrigerants as the way forward in Europe in view of the likely stricter EU F-gas Regulation and upcoming REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation of PFAS chemicals that is targeting f-gases. She made those…

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The EIA’s Supermarket Scorecard assesses U.S. supermarkets on their actions to reduce HFCs usage.

U.S. Supermarkets Continue to ‘Inexcusably Lag’ on HFCs, says International NGO

The U.S. supermarket sector continues to “inexcusably lag behind European counterparts,” says the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA), an international NGO, based on analysis conducted for its latest Climate-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard. The Supermarket Scorecard 2022 was published by the EIA on July 6 and assesses the largest U.S. supermarket chains on their adoption of HFC-free technology,…

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