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Cal/OSHA updates indoor heat-related illness draft

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has made additional revisions to a draft standard that applies to all […]


02.02.2019

Global conformity schemes

Members looking to stay on top of international compliance and schemes have access to NAFEM’s free Global Schemes tool that […]


01.22.2019

CARB climate regulations inform the federal agenda

CARB climate regulations inform the federal agenda With the fifth largest economy in the world, California has many opportunities and […]


01.22.2019

California HFC bans are in effect

On Jan. 1,  the California Cooling Act (CCA), Senate Bill 1013, became law. CCA reinstated the previously vacated U.S. Environmental Protection […]


01.21.2019

More states commit to phase out HFCs

Connecticut, Maryland and New York  also have committed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by adopting vacated Rules 20 and 21 of the EPA Significant […]


01.21.2019

Things to watch

NAFEM is closely monitoring the following initiatives for updates and will alert members when there is new information to share. […]


01.21.2019

NAFEM submits comments on USMCA

In late December 2018, NAFEM submitted comments to the U.S. International Trade Commission about the new U.S. – Mexico – Canada Agreement […]


01.21.2019

Negotiations underway on Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports

Three days of trade talks with China to address tariffs concluded on Jan. 10 without a significant breakthrough or details […]


01.21.2019

Court hears challenge to Section 232 tariffs

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade heard oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by the American Institute of […]


01.21.2019

California HFC bans are in effect

On Jan. 1, the California Cooling Act (CCA), Senate Bill 1013, became law. CCA reinstated the previously vacated U.S. Environmental […]


01.21.2019