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EU parliament backs law to curb "super" greenhouse gases

2014-03-12 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The European Parliament on Wednesday backed a law to curb the use of "super" greenhouse gases used in fridges and air conditioners, which have a global warming potential thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. Lawmakers meeting in Strasbourg, France voted 644 to 19 in favour of a European Commission proposal to cut the use of climate-harming hydrofluorocarbons, known as HFCs or 'F-gases', by 79 percent below average 2009-2012 levels by 2030. "Today marks the beginning of the end for...

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