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Nations agree on HCFC cutbacks at 'Montreal Protocol' meeting. (United Nations implements phaseout schedule for hydrochlorofluorocarbons)
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The United Nations has instituted a phaseout schedule for hydrochlorofluorocarbons that all industrial nations are expected to ratify. The phaseout will begin in 1996. Initially, cuts will be small, culminating in a total phaseout by the year 2030. An accelerated schedule for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was also established. Under the new schedule, CFC production will cease by Jan 1, 1996. An exception might be made for critical health and safety uses and for service work on CFC chillers.
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Refrigerator Repairs Release CFCs; Groups Urge Regulation of `Intentional' Ozone Destruction
The Washington Post
; While conducting a nationwide repair program of more than 1 million refrigerators, the General Electric Co. has been intentionally releasing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) into the environment-five ounces per unit. Repairing 1 million refrigerators would put more than 300,000 pounds of CFCs into the
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The Costly Race To Replace CFCs; Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Force Historic Industrial Retooling
The Washington Post
; It was the perfect substance - cheap, nontoxic, nonflammable and easy to dispose of. Used in air conditioning, refrigeration, foam packaging, insulation and solvents for electronics manufacturing, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) helped usher in the age of microelectronics, air conditioning, frozen food
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4 Big Firms Pledge to Cut Use of Ozone-Sapping CFCs ;Government, Public Pressure Force Action
The Washington Post
; Four giant corporations, responding to growing consumer and governmental concern about the damage that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) do to the Earth's protective ozone layer, announced over the past week that they would voluntarily cut back or end their release of the chemicals. General Motors Corp.
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The last days of CFCs. (chlorofluorocarbons) (editorial)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; The last days of the CFCs It is August of 1998, and a supermarket chain in Omaha, Neb., decides to shut down its eight stores. The owner entertains bids from refrigerant recyclers who covet the 12,000 lb of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) he has in his refrigeration equipment. Let the bidding start,
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The CFC footnote provides lessons for future action. (CFCs proven cause of ozone depletion; future debate on environmental problems should be based on reason) (Editorial)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; Just before Christmas, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) dropped its non-bombshell. A satellite had detected hydrogen fluoride in the stratosphere, which NASA said was smoking gun proof that CFCs were responsible for ozone depletion. NASA has revealed smoking guns in the past
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ACCA skeptics ask EPA: Why do we need to replace those CFCs, anyway?(Air Conditioning Contractors of America, chlorofluorocarbons)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; LOS ANGELES -- When the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and other worldwide environmental authorities said that CFCs were helping to cause a hole in the ozone layer, there was still a fair share of skeptics at the ACCA meeting here. After all, didn't the EPA raise a hue and cry about asbestos
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New York, Minnesota, Twin Cities propose measures to curtail CFCs. (chlorofluorocarbons)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; ... proposed Ohio bill, reported in the Jan. 29 issue of The News (see Corrections ). At a news conference Feb. 7, council members Carol Johnson ... However, the state's pollution control agency told The News that the tax would raise an estimated $500,000 per ...
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Russian mafia to dump outlawed CFCs on UK
The Independent - London
; The Russian mafia has targetted Britain as an outlet for increased illegal trade in ozone-threatening CFC chemicals to replace the lucrative US black market, which has been virtually closed by the authorities. The mafia, in partership with unscrupulous Russian businessmen, had created a pounds 300m
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Makers of Foam Containers Pledge to Stop Using CFCs; Substitute Is Less Damaging to Ozone Layer
The Washington Post
; Manufacturers of foam plastic food containers announced plans yesterday to stop using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in their products this year, the first commitment by a major industry to phase out use of the ozone-depleting compound. Representatives of the 15 manufacturers that use CFCs as the
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CFCs: no easy solutions. (replacements for chlorofluorocarbons; includes related articles)
R & D
; CFCs No Easy Solutions Researchers find no simple victories in their struggle to develop replacements for chlorofluorocarbons. LEO MANZER, a research manager at the central R&D facility of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., marvels at the simplicity and versatility of CFC-113. This is a
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