Even The US Chamber Supports Kigali Treaty On Refrigerants, But Of Course Shitstain Says No
An international agreement to reduce the use of potent greenhouse gases in air conditioning and refrigeration went into effect this year, with more than 60 countries ratifying it. U.S. manufacturers say the agreement could create tens of thousands of jobs and generate billions of dollars in U.S. exports—and that failing to join will hurt U.S. industry.
More than a dozen Republican senators and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have supported it, and a State Department official said over a year ago that the Trump administration had "initiated the process to consider U.S. ratification." Yet the U.S. president has yet to ratify the agreement, known as the Kigali Amendment. So, what's holding it up?
The Kigali Amendment is about global warming. That may help explain the delay, said George David Banks, who has some insight after advising Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush on climate policy. The amendment expands the existing ozone-saving Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), short-lived climate pollutants that are more potent than carbon dioxide over the short term.
And as Banks explained: "If you acknowledge the problem, then you have to do something about it." Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, sees another connection—to the Obama administration's support for the measure. "President Trump sees something that is inherited from President Obama, he has to get over that hurdle," Zaelke said. "Then he sees it's an environmental issue, he has to get over that."
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