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How cleaning up coolants can cool the climate – why HFCs are getting phased out from refrigerators and air conditioners

  • Written by Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageHFCs keep refrigerators cool, but their leaks are warming the planet.Jed Share/Kaoru Share via Getty Images

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to eliminate a class of chemicals widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps.

If that feels like déjà vu, it should.

These chemicals, called...

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