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HFC-23

China Moves to Freeze Production of Climate Super-Pollutants But Lacks a System to Monitor Emissions

The world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter announced the freeze in December after joining the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a climate agreement that requires an immediate ban on HFC-23, a potent greenhouse gas.

By Phil McKenna

An aerial photo taken on Sept. 12, 2021 shows a chemical factory being dismantled and relocated along the Grand Canal in Huai 'an City, East China's Jiangsu Province. Credit: He Jinghua / Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant is located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of the photo. Credit: Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal

Chemours’ Process for Curtailing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Produce Hazardous Air Pollutants in Louisville

By James Bruggers, Phil McKenna

An aerial photo taken on Sept. 12, 2021 shows a chemical factory being dismantled and relocated along the Grand Canal in Huai 'an City, East China's Jiangsu Province. Credit: He Jinghua/Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

China Just Entered a Major International Climate Agreement. Now Comes the Hard Part

By Phil McKenna, Lili Pike

Louisville, Kentucky skyline as photographed from the Ohio River Greenway on July 16, 2015 in Clarksville, Indiana. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Louisville’s Super-Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Not One, But Two Potent Greenhouse Gases

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

Air conditioning units hang off the back side of a row of buildings on July 18, 2018 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Credit: Visual China Group via Getty Images

China, India Emissions Pledges May Not Be Reducing Powerful Warming Gas

By Phil McKenna

World Bank Caught in Controversy Over Suspect Carbon Credits

By Stacy Feldman

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