In December 2020, Congress passed the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, and in 2021, the EPA introduced a rule mandating an 85% nationwide phasedown in high-global warming potential ...
Refrigerants used in air conditioners are changing … again. The last round of changes took place between the mid-1990s through 2010, as CFC and HCFC refrigerants were phased out and largely replaced ...
Earlier, most refrigerants used to emit CFCs (or chlorofluorocarbons) which were involved in the depletion of the ozone layer. Later on, the manufacturers decided to phase out all the refrigerants ...