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Momentum Institut Dec 5

Gestern wurde die 5. Welle des Household Finance and Consumption Survey #HFCS präsentiert. Auch die neuen Daten bestätigen: Vermögen ist in Österreich stark konzentriert & besteht großteils aus Wohneigentum. @barbaraschuster fasst im #PaperderWoche die wichtigsten Ergebnisse zusammen. 1/

The Japan Times Dec 5

Fossil fuels like propane and isobutane, commonly used for BBQs, are helping replace potent HFC refrigerants, significantly cutting greenhouse gas emissions and showing that practical solutions can slow global warming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/05/world/bbq-gas-cools-a-warming-planet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cop30 #hfcs #co2 #carbondioxide #greenhousegasses #climatechange #globalwarming #pollution

BBQ gas is helping to cool a warming planet

A widening array of national-level regulations, prompted by the United Nations-backed Kigali Amendment on HFCs, are gradually pushing hydrofluorocarbons out of the market.

The Japan Times

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Nonilex Oct 1

The #Biden admin, which wrote the #HFC #regulations to enact that law, hoped to eliminate the equivalent of 4.5 billion metric tons of #CO2 by 2050, or about 3 years’ worth of #climate #pollution from the #electricity sector.

Unlike efforts to curb #FossilFuels, plans to reduce #HFCs have won broad support from both #Democrats & #Republicans, as well as industry groups & environmental organizations.

#law #regulation #GreenhouseGases #SuperPollutants #ClimateCrisis #Trump

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Nonilex Oct 1

Phasing out #HFCs worldwide could avert up to 0.5°C of #GlobalWarming by the end of the century, which would go a long way toward averting the worst consequences of #ClimateChange. In fact, it was #Trump, during his first term, who signed into #law a measure directing the #EPA to ratchet down the #climate pollutant. The provision was tucked into a sweeping Covid relief bill that passed Congress at the tail end of his presidency.

#law #regulation #GreenhouseGases #SuperPollutants #ClimateCrisis

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Nonilex Oct 1

#HFCs, which are commonly referred to as #SuperPollutants, are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the planet.

But Lee Zeldin, the #EPA administrator, said the #Biden admin’s plan for cutting the production & consumption of the #chemicals, which aimed for an 85% reduction by 2036, did not give companies enough time to meet their deadlines.

#law #regulation #GreenhouseGases #ClimateCrisis #Trump

Nonilex Oct 1

The #Trump admin plans to relax a #Biden-era rule that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies, semiconductor plants & others to sharply & rapidly reduce powerful #GreenhouseGases used in cooling equipment.

The #EPA plan would unravel what many industry leaders & environmentalists view as a rare success for the #climate: a bipartisan agreement that those man-made #chemicals, known as #hydrofluorocarbons, or #HFCs, should be rapidly phased down.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/climate/trump-hydrofluorocarbons-hfcs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Hydrofluorocarbons

The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.

The New York Times