MEP Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, Dutch), the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the proposed regulation on fluorinated gases (F-gases), called for a faster pace of phasing out these powerful greenhouse gases (GHGs) on Tuesday 8 November when he presented his draft report.
Used in chemical processes and in many types of products and equipment such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heat pumps, asthma inhalers and fire extinguishers, F-gases are much less present in the atmosphere...