Maine Supermarket First to Eliminate Climate-Forcing HFCs
Belgium-based Delhaize America, which owns the Hannaford supermarket chain, opened the first US store that chills and freezes foods using carbon dioxide instead of super-greenhouse gas HFCs.
Belgium-based Delhaize America, which owns the Hannaford supermarket chain, opened the first US store that chills and freezes foods using carbon dioxide instead of super-greenhouse gas HFCs.
The US is phasing out HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, but 140 million old air conditioners still use them.
Clinton announced a worldwide coalition to address climate forcers in February, which now has many more members and an action plan.
Climate forcers like black soot are causing about half the global warming and are the easiest to address.