We want to make sure you are aware of a potential supply shortage.
A Fire broke out at chemical warehouse in Jiangsu Hong Kong. This fire will likely delay shipments of refrigerant to the US and may lead to some supply shortages.
We will keep you posted on future supply availability
The HFC Related Bills have had some updates that you may want to be aware of.
This bill would require that the state of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy, in development by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), to be implemented by January 1, 2018.
At the April 6 Committee on Environmental Quality hearing, much of the discussion focused on the methane component of the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy. In a 4 to 2 vote, the bill was amended and passed.
The bill is currently under consideration by the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality.
To monitor the status of the Senet Bill 1383, plesase click this link => http://leginfo.
This legislation would restrict Kentucky’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specified to include those from HFCs, without a statutory mandate from Congress or that state’s legislature.
After being referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment back in January, it appears that nothing further has occurred with this bill. The Kentucky General Assembly has relatively short legislative sessions – 60 legislative days in an even-numbered year such as 2016, which cannot extend beyond April 15. It will need to be reintroduced in the next legislative session, in 2017, in order to be considered again.
To monitor the status of HB 104 plesase click this link => http://www.lrc.ky.gov/
Climate Changes has been big news – Here we have two articles from the Washington Post on Climate Science Reports.
These articles as well as other news pieces, puts us in remembrance of the mid-1980s when the science on the ozone depletion issue changed dramatically, first in 1985 when the scientists added actual CFC growth rates to the models instead of steady state emissions, and second, in 1987 with the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole.
The reason for the need to monitor these latest reports is that scientific pronouncements of “worse than projected” scenarios may ultimately become drivers in the policy world. This could have a direct impact on the HFC discussions if the resulting effect is to seek more aggressive measures more quickly. Because of their inclusion in the short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) category, these compounds have a shorter atmospheric lifetime and therefore produce a larger relative near-term benefit from emission reduction efforts.
We had all better hope these scientists are wrong about the planet’s future – 3/22/16
Scientists say Antarctic melting could double sea level rise. Here’s what that looks like. – 3/31/16
One step closer to a global agreement on the phaseout schedule of HFC’s under the Montreal Protocol being signed this year.
On March 31st 2016 the two Presidents announced another significant step in their joint climate efforts. The United States and China will sign the Paris Agreement on April 22nd 2016 and take their respective domestic steps in order to join the Agreement as early as possible this year.
According to the statement, both leaders recognize that the Paris Agreement marks a global commitment to tackling climate change and a strong signal of the need for a swift transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies.
Read the full statement here => https://www.whitehouse.
