Tag cloud | Latest newsadded 3 February, 2012 « Reducing Europe's emissions is more cost-effective than previously thought, according to a new report by the European commission. The report, published on Tuesday, says that moving to 30 per cent emission reductions by the year 2020 is "feas... » added 30 January, 2012 « Chilean Minister of the Environment advises public to avoid exposure to the sun. The ozone layer above central Chile is expected to be thinning this summer, according to new studies, prompting warnings from scientists and even Chile’s minis... » added 27 January, 2012 « tion of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far: The mechanisms leading to the first ozone hole above the North Pole were studied by scientists of the KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK). According to these studies, further coo... » added 26 January, 2012 « A new study appearing beginning of January in the Environmental Science & Technology scientific journal confirms that the proposed switch from HFC134a to next generation HFC... » added 23 January, 2012 « What is the most environmentally destructive industry?
After oil and gas, a strong contender has to be ‘Big Fluorine’, a collection of chemical companies that have profited, and continue to profit, from some of the most enviro... » added 19 January, 2012 « On 17 January 2012, the French Member of the European Parliament, Michèle Rivasi, organised a press conference to warn of the dangers of a new refrigerant, HFC-1234yf tha... » added 4 January, 2012 « New Zealand's Climate Change Minister Nick Smith has announced that Certified Emission Reduction units (CERs) from HFC-23 and N2O industrial gas destruction projects are now banned from New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (effective 23 De... » added 22 December, 2011 « “The European Commission should revise the F-Gas Regulation to prohibit the placement on the market of HFC technologies and products as soon as possible and at the latest ... » added 21 December, 2011 « The European Commission suspects that the launch of the new refrigerant HFC1234yf for mobile air-conditioning restricts competition in the European market. An antitrust probe ex... » added 16 December, 2011 « The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved three hydrocarbon refrigerants as acceptable substitutes in household and small commercial refrigerators and freezers. ... » | | 
