1 of 2 | President Donald Trump announces that he will rescind Biden-era regulations on refrigerators and air conditioners at an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
May 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has rolled back Biden-era policies reducing high-polluting greenhouse gases in refrigeration and air-conditioning, saying it will save Americans money.
The Trump administration is revising one Biden-era rule and proposing changes to another seeking to reduce the United States' use of hydrofluorocarbons, a category of greenhouse gases that is linked to global warming.
The 2023 Technology Transitions Rule was intended to support the United States' phasedown of HFCs, including a 40% reduction by 2028, by moving companies away from the climate-warming greenhouse gases, while the 2024 Emissions Reduction and Reclamation Rule sought to reduce HFC leaks and increase the reuse of refrigerants already being used in machinery.
As part of these moves, the Trump administration is extending the compliance deadlines for the use of hydrofluorocarbons for grocery and supermarket refrigeration from 2026 and 2027 to 2032 and widening the variety of refrigerants available to businesses.
