Environment

November at-a-glance…environment

Work is in process to respond to the six-month “tolerance” granted by Quebec’s Ministry of Environment and Fight Against Climate Change (MOE) […]


11.18.2021

October at-a-glance … environment

Quebec’s Ministry of Environment and Fight Against Climate Change (MOE) has granted six months’ tolerance beyond the original implementation deadline for the province’s […]


10.28.2021

September at-a-glance … environment

Sweden’s HYBRIT announced that it has produced the world’s first carbon-free steel. Traditional steel is created in blast furnaces using […]


09.30.2021

EPA issues Final Rule on HFC phase down

U.S. hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) production and imports are slated to be cut by 85 percent over 15 years from 2011-2013 baselines, […]


09.30.2021

August at-a-glance … environment

Since Berkley, California’s 2019 ordinance banning natural gas hook-ups in new buildings, 49 of the state’s cities have adopted similar […]


08.26.2021

July at-a-glance … environment

In its July 6 comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NAFEM urged the agency to fully consider the […]


07.29.2021

June at-a-glance … environment

NAFEM continues to represent members’ perspectives on the hydrofluorocarbon stepdown allowances proposed under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act […]


06.24.2021

May at-a-glance … environment

Based on member feedback during a mid-May conference call to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pending efforts to […]


05.27.2021

April at-a-glance … environment

The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the phase down of ozone-depleting […]


04.29.2021

March at-a-glance…environment

In late-December, Congress authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a nationwide approach to phasing down the production […]


03.25.2021