Trump will ease refrigerant rule in effort to address surging grocery costs

The Trump administration is loosening a federal refrigerant rule to reduce greenhouse gases in cooling equipment, claiming it will lower grocery costs. EPA head Lee Zeldin says the Biden-era rule imposes costly restrictions, and the new policy will allow businesses to choose refrigeration systems more freely. This move represents a reversal of a 2020 bipartisan law aimed at phasing out harmful hydrofluorocarbons.