Senate Bill Would Eliminate Hydroflourocarbons By 2036

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No need to hurry, guys. Plenty of time . . .

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The scientific community has warned us that we need to avoid 1.5 degrees Celsius in global warming to steer clear of the irreversible brink of climate change. Well, we now have an opportunity in the Senate to pass legislation that would get us a third of the way there.

After years of work and months of negotiations, last week, I joined with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso, a Republican senator for the state of Wyoming, and John Kennedy, a Republican senator for Louisiana, to announce a bipartisan plan to implement a nationwide phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, potent greenhouse gases known as HFCs. Our plan would require the Environmental Protection Agency to implement an 85% phasedown of the production and consumption of HFCs by 2036.

What are HFCs exactly? They are the coolants and refrigerants that keep ice cream from melting in our freezers and allow air conditioning to cool us down on a hot summer day. In fact, HFCs can probably be found in just about every household in America. The thing is, they have a global-warming effect that’s thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide.

The good news is that, thanks to the ingenuity and innovation of American industry and workers, the next generation of climate-friendly HFC replacements are already being made here in the United States. By building on the investments already being made by American companies, our bipartisan plan to phase down on HFCs would increase U.S. manufacturing output by almost $39 billion by 2027 and save consumers $3.7 billion over the next 15 years. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, it would create 150,000 direct and indirect American jobs.

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https://delawarestatenews.net/opinion/commentary/commentary-senate-legislation-would-slow-down-global-warming/

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1. The Republican Party is the Party of Destruction and Mayhem.

Their actions make it clear they aren't interested in conserving anything. Instead, their plan is to destroy everything on the planet that gives us life.