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- Parties to Montreal Protocol to Weigh HFC Reduction
- May 06, 2010
By Bill Polits
Efforts are afoot to amend the Montreal Protocol to limit the production of hydrofluorocarbons, which include the common clean agent fire suppresants HFC-227ea & HFC-236fa (or as the DuPont products are known - FM-200 & FE-36). Also known as
Continue- Copenhagen Assessment by State Department
- January 15, 2010
By Bill Polits
As reported by Tom Cortina, Executive Director of the Halon Alternatives Research Corporation (HARC), the US State Department held a briefing last week to discuss the results of December’s Copenhagen climate summit. The briefing was hosted by Jona ...
Continue- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- November 26, 2009
By Bill Polits
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two arms of the United Nations: the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). One of the main activities of the IPCC is to publish reports related to the ...
Continue- No Climate Deal will be Cut in Copenhagen
- November 17, 2009
By Bill Polits
At a hastily arranged sideshow to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore last Sunday morning, world leaders announced that there does not remain enough time before the Copenhagen global climate conference next month to craft a substantial international agreement on ...
Continue- HFC's to be Regulated Under Montreal Protocol?
- September 26, 2009
By Bill Polits
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While the big news that HB 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 calls for HFC's be reduced under a cap and trade scheme, Delaware Online reported that on April 29 the Obama administration was preparing to ask the 195 nations that ratified the Montreal Protocol to enact mandatory re ...
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