Sentences with phrase «hydrofluorocarbon gas»

Compared to conventional refrigeration units, these panels are less likely to leak damaging hydrofluorocarbon gas (HFC).

In recent years, increasing concerns have been raised over the emission of greenhouse gases, and particularly harmful hydrofluorocarbon gases (HFCs) that are found in refrigerators and air conditioners.

Among the most impactful policies, the study finds — those with reductions in excess of 20 MtCO2e each in some years — are the AB 1493 vehicle efficiency standards, the 33 percent RPS target, building efficiency targets, phasing out imported coal electricity and phasing out hydrofluorocarbon gases.

It sets goals to cut methane and hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40 percent and black carbon by 50 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.

Not exact matches

They also said Costco (cost) and Safeway (swy) previously settled cases over refrigerants, but that Trader Joe's accord is the EPA's first requiring repairs of hydrofluorocarbon leaks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Other greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons.

The White House today announced a plan to reduce U.S. emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas with 2400 times the climate impact of CO2.

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) do not harm the ozone layer but many of them are potent greenhouse gases.

Nations that pledged to carry out the Paris climate agreement have moved forward to find practical ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including efforts to ban hydrofluorocarbons and set stricter fuel - efficiency standards.

They agreed to endorse the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative to reduce wasteful burning of natural gas at production fields, and to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are industrial gases with a high potential to trap the earth's heat.

In addition, developed nations are making mistakes when reporting emissions of the gases, called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the study finds.

To compound the problem, the liquids used for all this comfort — first chlorofluorocarbons and now hydrofluorocarbons — are super-strength greenhouse gases.

The G - 8's unstated implication is that the proposed emissions drops would only cover those greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto treaty (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons).

In an op - ed in the Financial Times yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry pointed to efforts to curb the super-greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) through an amendment to the Montreal Protocol as a place to help bridge the gap.

McCarthy said the administration will build upon vehicle fuel emissions rules, regulations to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from refrigeration and air conditioning units, and future proposals to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as EPA's proposal to cut carbon emissions from the power sector.

It also had the unfortunate side effect of creating a rise in hydrofluorocarbons — a potent greenhouse gas — as alternative coolants.

The most important new measure proposed is a phase down in the supply of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the most widely used of the F gases.

The inventory methods presented focus on the six primary greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons.

WASHINGTON — After a brief but lively internal debate, the Obama administration has decided not to seek an immediate phase - out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC's), a potent group of climate - warming gases, under a treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer.

They sidestepped the super wicked issues impeding restrictions of the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, carbon dioxide, and staff released a joint statement on plans to cut releases of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a potent group of heat - trapping gases.

• Leverages new opportunities to reduce pollution of highly - potent greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons; directs agencies to develop a comprehensive methane strategy; and commits to protect our forests and critical landscapes.

However, the U.S. has pledged to reduce emissions by 26 - 28 % from 2005 levels by 2025 in its internationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UN process, meaning that the US must make more than an additional 16 % reduction from fuel efficiency standards, energy efficiency programs, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (e.g. methane, hydrofluorocarbons) reductions, and other components of Obama's climate action plan in order to meet its INDC.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

THE US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday issued its much anticipated «Endangerment Finding» which makes six gases — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride — officially recognised as a danger to the public.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands...

15 October, Kigali: Climate Action Network welcomes the outcome reached in Kigali under the Montreal Protocol to phase down «super greenhouse gases» known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Last year, Parties agreed to reach an agreement in 2016 on cutting down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are the fastest growing greenhouse gases in many countries.

Hydrofluorocarbons are the fastest growing greenhouse gases in many countries.

In Clarke et al. (2007), radiative forcing is defined in terms of a suite of six greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).

The White House and private - sector leaders announced ambitious new actions yesterday to reduce emissions from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), greenhouse gases commonly used as refrigerants that are as much as 12,000 more potent than carbon dioxide.

The CAIT data set compiles data for the six main GHG gasses (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-RRB- from 185 countries over the period from 1990 — 2012.

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The consumption and emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are projected to increase substantially in the coming decades in response to regulation of ozone depleting gases under the Montreal...

SciDev.Net: Efforts to rid the world of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of powerful greenhouse gases mainly used as refrigerants, may depend on developing nations being able to leapfrog these chemicals to less harmful alternatives, an environmental group has warned.

Next week the European Parliament will vote on a new F - Gas Regulation — a piece of legislation with which EIA has been closely involved that will see the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Europe reduced by almost 80 per cent by 2030.

LONDON: A coalition of European campaigners has issued an urgent plea to their governments to support ambitious measures to reduce the emission of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- super greenhouse gases used...

(CO2e refers to the six Kyoto greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide [CO2], methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride — all expressed in terms of the equivalent amount of CO2.

Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama also agreed to limit hydrofluorocarbons, powerful greenhouse - gas emissions, through the Montreal Protocol, which is perhaps the most effective environmental treaty ever signed.

Global efforts to dramatically reduce super greenhouse gases in the fight against climate change saw a major advance today as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol got the go ahead to crack down on harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

EIA's Climate Campaign focuses on international and domestic policies to phase - down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) used primarily in refrigeration, air conditioning, and foam applications.

At the 36th OEWG, Parties have four amendment proposals to consider for negotiating a deal on a global phase - down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); HFCs are a group of potent greenhouse gases used mainly in refrigeration and air - conditioning, with climate impacts hundreds to thousands of times higher than CO2.

One initiative being discussed is the phase - down of the «super greenhouse gases» HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) under the Montreal Protocol.

Halogenated gases currently contribute 12 % to overall radiative forcing.1 While actions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) are already addressing CFCs and HCFCs, atmospheric concentrations of some HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) are rising rapidly, by more than 23 % each year.

GHGs include: CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride - the latter 3 are known as fluorinated greenhouse gases.

The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty to regulate «Greenhouse Gases» only: - Carbon dioxide (CO2)- Methane (CH4)- Nitrous oxide (N2O)(Laughing Gas, Nitrous, NOS)- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)- Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) Car Exhaust consists of: Harmless: - Carbon dioxide (CO2)- Nitrogen (N2)- Water vapor (H2O) Some Pollutants: - Carbon monoxide (CO) * - Hydrocarbons or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) * - Nitric oxide (NO) * - Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) * - Particulate matter (PM - 10) * - Sulfur dioxide (SO2) * * Your car's catalytic converter removes about 95 % of these pollutants.

The major non-CO2 GHGs or classes of gases listed by the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are CH4, N2O, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and perfluorocarbons (PFCs, includes CF4 and C2F6, etc.).

EIA has released a new report exposing leading U.S. retailers such as Walmart, Publix, and Safeway as doing little to meet public commitments to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), some of the most potent greenhouse gases (GHGs), used most commonly in refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

While a plethora of climate related topics will be discussed at the conference, there is one thing we at EIA will be watching for: how soon will countries eliminate the use of the most potent greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)?

ECO was pleased to wake up Sunday to the news that Presidents Obama and Xi had agreed to work together to combat climate change by phasing down the super greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), under the Montreal Protocol.

The work of the initiative therefore creates a direct intersect between three internationally agreed goals for the first time: the Paris Climate Agreement; the Sustainable Development Goals; and the Montreal Protocol's Kigali Amendment * — with one of the key goals of the amendment to limit consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used widely in air conditioners and refrigerators.