How EPA is helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Congress, through the AIM Act, directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the use of highly potent greenhouse gases—hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—and lower their production and consumption in the U.S. by 85% over the next 15 years.

We supported the EPA in the development of guidelines for this accelerated timeline. To do so, we drew from our 30+ year history supporting the EPA on Montreal Protocol implementation and dozens of prior decisions related to the phaseout and tracking of ozone—depleting substances and the management of HFCs.