California State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) recently introduced the California Cooling Act (Senate Bill 1013), which is designed to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are considered to be a growing source of greenhouse emissions in California and around the world.
The Obama Administration ended the use of many HFCs in 2015, but the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned the rule. An appeals court declined to rehear the case of Mexichem Fluor v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month by environmental groups and U.S. manufacturers.