The authors acknowledge Brian LaBrecque at the Analytic and Organic Laboratory at Harvard School of Public Health for performing chemical analyses with the EPA-TO-17.
(See "EPA to Take Biggest Step Ever to Fight Climate Change").
It took eight years for the NSW EPA to notify the state's rural fire service.
These test results led EPA to ban or phase out only five chemicals.
The court directed EPA to file the report within 14 days of the restoration of appropriations and the Department of Justice's resumption of usual civil litigation functions.
There the Court held that plaintiffs could not bring a federal tort action against major electric power companies for their emissions of carbon dioxide, because the Clean Air Act authorized EPA to regulate power plants' carbon dioxide pollution under Section 111 d).
The international "Montreal Protocol," signed by the United States in 1987, required the EPA to ban the use of ozone-harming chemicals that had been commonly found in air-conditioning refrigerants and spray cans.
"No one will benefit from the ruling," says Bill Kovacs, vice president of environmental affairs for the Chamber, adding that the ruling will allow the "EPA to run wild".
While the current administration has not indicated an interest in reducing emissions, if business interests can persuade EPA to reduce HFCs for economic reasons, it could take alternative avenues to uphold America's commitment to the Kigali Amendment.
