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EPA proposes to prohibit some uses of HFCs with high global warming potential
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to limit the use of various hydrofluorocarbons that are currently listed as acceptable alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, an action taken under President Barack Obama's climate action plan. The agency said the proposed rule, signed by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy July 9 and released the next day, would prohibit certain uses of chemicals that have high global warming potential. The proposed rule would change the status of several HFCs...
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EPA proposes to replace and reduce certain HFCs; impact on mobile AC
2014-07-12 14:30:43| Green Car Congress
Even Corn Syrup Officials Call Attempted HFCS Rebranding 'Dishonest and Sneaky'
2014-02-05 11:19:01| Food - Topix.net
Maybe you remember way back in 2010 when the Corn Refiners Association put out silly commercials and tried to get the FDA to let them rebrand corn syrup as "corn sugar."
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Even Corn Syrup Officials Call Attempted HFCS Rebranding 'Dishonest and Sneaky'
2014-02-05 10:52:16| Agriculture - Topix.net
Maybe you remember way back in 2010 when the Corn Refiners Association put out silly commercials and tried to get the FDA to let them rebrand corn syrup as "corn sugar."
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Countries inch forward on proposal limit HFCs
2013-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The road to a phaseout in the production and use of a rapidly growing and extremely powerful global warming pollutant proved bumpier than expected when diplomats gathered in Bangkok last week for the latest round of ozone treaty talks. For much of this year, momentum had been building behind a U.S.-backed amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which is the 1987 treaty that has protected the planet's ozone layer from the ravages of ozone-depleting chemicals. The amendment, sponsored by the U.S., Canada,...
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