Potent Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Chemicals Called CFCs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, a New Study Finds

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By By Phil McKennaApr 3, 2023, 3:01 pm209 pts
A U.S. chemical plant in Louisiana that produces a common refrigerant may be partly to blame for increased emissions of CFCs—chemicals thousands of times more potent at warming the planet than carbon dioxide. By Phil McKenna Emissions of a small group of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made chemicals that…

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