Grocery Sector Details Legal Case Against EPA End-Use HFC Restrictions

The grocery sector is arguing EPA’s rule restricting the use of climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in its food refrigeration is unlawful because the agency assumed substitutes are “available” for the sector that are in fact unavailable, with the litigation potentially making it more difficult for EPA to issue such end-use HFC limits. The case, pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, targets one aspect of EPA’s end-use HFC rule that is part of its broader...