USA: Two seafood processing and cold storage companies are to pay $495,000 in penalties for violations of laws relating to the management of ozone-depleting refrigerant R22. In a settlement announced yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice, Ocean Gold Seafoods Inc and Ocean Cold LLC will pay $495,000 in penalties for violations […]
Broad Stakeholder Support for Sustainable Solutions. Environmental leaders from all sectors of the supermarket refrigeration industry announced [25 September 2015] a new nonprofit, the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC). NASRC’s mission is to help the supermarket industry transition to natural refrigerants, which are more ozone and climate friendly than traditional refrigerants. NASRC’s founding members […]
USA: The US Department of Commerce has called for anti-dumping duties of up to 210% on imports of certain HFC refrigerants from China. This preliminary determination was announced by the Department of Commerce at the end of last week after backing the petition filed last June by the American HFC Coalition that the refrigerants are […]
USA: HFC refrigerants R134a, R410A, and R407C could be banned from use in US chillers from 2025 under new industry proposals. US Environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) are said to have agreed on a schedule for eliminating the use of the refrigerants in […]
The Europe & Central Asia (ECA) network is inviting the customs & enforcement community to submit nominations for the 4th edition of the ECA Ozone Protection Award. It is a regional award for the ECA network & associated CEIT countries as well as their trade partners. The award ceremony is scheduled in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in […]
EUROPE: Shocking new figures reveal evidence of huge European stockpiling of HFC refrigerants in advance of the 2015 F-gas quotas. The startling figures for 2014, just released by the European Environment Agency, show that imports of HFC refrigerants into Europe almost doubled to 122,781 tonnes (260.9Mt CO2-equivalent) in 2014, the year before quotas under the […]
The Governor of the West Coast Region [The Gambia] said that ozone depletion is a serious threat to both human health and the environment. Governor Aja Sifaye Hydara has, therefore, called for all to put hands on deck to prevent the entry of the banned substances into the country. She made this statement while speaking […]
The end of 2015 was marked with two giant leaps taken towards addressing global climate change. In December in Paris, countries came to a historic climate change agreement including emission reduction commitments from all major countries. Earlier, in November in Dubai, countries took concrete steps to discuss phasing down use of super greenhouse gases known […]
Looking back at the rapid global response to ozone depletion is a lesson in political, ecological and industrial perseverance, with historical implications for today’s sluggish international efforts to confront climate change. On the surface, these stories start similarly, with the recognition that certain atmospheric emissions drive previously unforeseen processes that threaten environmental health on a […]
Report Maps the Qualitative Impact of Various Market Factors on Market Segments and Geographies Non-melanoma skin cancers develop in the outermost layer of skin, known as epidermis. It is caused by increased exposure of genetic mutations, UV rays and ozone layer depletion. Non-melanoma skin cancer is mainly classified into two types. They are basal cell […]
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