Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?

Preliminary atmospheric monitoring data from a remote South Korean island off China’s east coast shows elevated concentrations of hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23), a greenhouse gas 14,700 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a pound-for-pound basis, according to the World Meteorological Association.  The gas concentrations remain elevated in air samples collected at the Gosan atmospheric monitoring station … Continue reading Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?