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Zeldin says EPA providing ‘flexibility’ by loosening rules for pollutants used in grocery refrigeration
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the Trump administration is easing restrictions on super-polluting greenhouse gases used in commercial refrigeration, allowing supermarkets to use hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with global warming potential 1,400 times higher than CO2 until 2032.
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