Environment

NAFEM joins EPA SNAP discussions

Conversation continues in Washington, D.C., around how to successfully ban the use of certain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) commonly used in commercial […]


07.23.2018

Supreme Court nominee on the environment

In the July 10 edition of Bloomberg Environment, writer Fatima Hussein notes that in the 2017 case Mexichem Fluor v. EPA, […]


07.23.2018

CA proceeding with plans to ban HFCs

Prohibitions on the use of certain refrigerants by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to reduce to greenhouse gas emissions […]


07.23.2018

CA considers promoting new refrigerant technologies

California Senate Bill 1013 currently before the general assembly would promote the adoption of new refrigerant technologies – including low-global-warming-potential refrigerants […]


07.23.2018

CARB releases draft Community Air Protection Blueprint

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued the initial draft of its statewide air protection strategy and monitoring plan. The Draft Blueprint outlines […]


07.23.2018

CA greenhouse gas inventory data now available

The 2016 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory is now available on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) website. The updated inventory includes […]


07.23.2018

EPA seeks feedback on potential HFC ban

Following the U.S. Circuit Court vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP) Rule, the agency is […]


06.25.2018

EPA announces workshops concerning the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program

EPA will host a series of series of workshops for stakeholders in various sectors of the Significant New Alternatives Policy […]


06.11.2018

CA considering requiring zero-emission buildings by 2030

California Assembly Bill No. 3232, if approved, would require a proceeding to consider strategies to best reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) […]


05.22.2018

EPA considers next steps to ban HFCs

In early May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a stakeholder meeting to discuss how the agency might proceed in […]


05.22.2018