NRDC Sues EPA for Revoking Court-Approved Limits on HFCs
June 26, 2018 Lissa Lynch
NRDC filed a lawsuit today against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for unlawfully revoking the agency’s limits on uses of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the super-potent climate-changing pollutants used in refrigeration, air conditioning, insulation, aerosols, and other products.
We’re challenging a so-called “guidance” document issued in April in which the Administrator claims to be responding to Mexichem Fluor, Inc. v. EPA.
Here’s the thing: the Mexichem court struck down (or, “vacated”) only part of the HFC rule. It upheld and left in place other parts of the rule. But the Administrator lifted the entire HFC rule – even the parts the court approved ...
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lissa-lynch/nrdc-sues-epa-revoking-court-approved-limits-hfcs
