Tag: HFCs
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EPA’s Illegal HFC Phaseout Rules are Innovation Killers
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (Jul. 20, 2021) — It is immensely ironic that EPA’s ham-handed implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act stifles innovation in manufacturing. They do it with a single rule that has no legal basis, tucked away in a 276 page regulatory proposal. To make the point I am going…
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EPA Should Rewrite its Proposed HFC Regulations
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (Jul. 13, 2021) — A group of 17 leading free market advocacy organizations is telling EPA to rethink and repropose its faulty phaseout rules for HFCs. These rules were recently proposed under the so-called American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act passed in December. EPA is rushing the rule making, with…
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EPA Calls for Comments on HFC Phaseout for Climate Change Protection
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (May 26, 2021) — After considerable delay, EPA’s proposed HFC phaseout regulations have been posted for public comment. I earlier looked at the serious technical problems with this proposal, which the various adversely impacted industries will have to comment on. Here I want to talk about the climate change aspect,…
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EPA’s Proposed HFC Phaseout Regulation is Nuts
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (May 10, 2021) — As expected, EPA has issued a proposed rule for phasing out HFCs, as required by the so-called AIM Act that was sneaked in with the monster Omnibus Stimulus Bill in February. The severe problems with AIM are explained in my two prior CFACT articles: Economically destructive…
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Crazy HFC Phaseout is Coming (Part 2)
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (Apr. 6, 2021) — In my first article — “Economically destructive cap and trade for HFCs is here” — I looked at the Kigali Amendment part of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act or AIM. There the big problem is that the HFC cap is based on 8-10 year old…
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Economically Destructive Cap and Trade for HFCs is Here
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (Mar. 27, 2021) — This is a bit complicated so bear with me. To begin with, Biden’s avalanche of climate scare executive orders included one telling the State Department to prepare the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for submission to the Senate,…