ATLANTA – As the U.S. tries to phase out a polluting refrigerant used in millions of air conditioners across the country, unapproved coolant is popping up on the market – with potentially dangerous ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning homeowners, propane manufacturers and sellers, home improvement contractors, and air conditioning technicians of potential safety ...

ATLANTA (AP) — As the U.S. tries to phase out a polluting refrigerant that is used in millions of air conditioners across the country, unapproved coolant is popping up on the market — with potentially ...

A refrigerant marketed as a freon replacement for automobile air conditioners in Florida is flammable and could cause an explosion if installed in a leaking system, Insurance Commissioner Tom ...

The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), Manassas, Va., has provided comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed rule to approve a new substitute refrigerant known as ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has listed three hydrocarbons as acceptable alternatives in household and small commercial refrigerators and freezers. Under the ...

An industrial project to produce HFC-134a, a freon substitute, was presented with a donation of US$25.41 million by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund(MPMF) Sunday. The donation was the largest ...

It might be time to replace the old air conditioner, thanks to a ban going in effect in January. If your air conditioner is over 10 years old, it's about to become nearly impossible to fix it. R22, or ...

It’s 1996. The air conditioner of your car has broken down. To save the Earth’s ozone layer, governments around the world have banned the production of Freon and other chlorofluorocarbons once used to ...