Tag: R-134a
EPA Petitioned to Withdraw Approval of R-134a
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) filed a petition requesting that the EPA phase-out the use of R134a in most applications in the U.S. According to the EIA, “HFC-134a has a global warming potential (GWP) of 1430 (making it 1430 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas) and represents approximately half of all HFC use in the U.S. Many countries already use or require the use of low-GWP alternatives to HFCs, e.g., an estimated one billion+ refrigerators in the EU and Asia run on hydrocarbons (GWP <25) rather than HFCs. Although hydrocarbons received EPA approval for use in the U.S. in January, no timetable has yet been established to require their use in domestic refrigerators and freezers or retail stand-alone coolers and freezers.”
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