HFC Rule Critics Say Vacatur Will Not Block Kigali Deal Implementation

Chemical companies that successfully petitioned an appellate court to vacate an EPA rule reducing refrigerants that act as potent greenhouses gases are pushing back on the notion that scrapping the rules means the United States cannot implement a global deal adopted last year to reduce those same chemicals. The firms argue that EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) regulations did not guarantee an overall reduction in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) targeted by the deal known as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal...