nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||EPA Moves To Cut A Powerful Greenhouse Gas||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The EPA plans to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are used in refrigerators and air conditioners. When HFCs are released into the atmosphere, they are extremely good at trapping heat.

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EPA Moves To Cut A Powerful Greenhouse Gas

Refrigerators on sale in 2018 in Pennsylvania. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of cooling chemicals that are powerful greenhouse gases.

Keith Srakocic/AP


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EPA Moves To Cut A Powerful Greenhouse Gas



The EPA plans to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are used in refrigerators and air conditioners. When HFCs are released into the atmosphere, they are extremely good at trapping heat.


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