The problem is that HFC 23 is a waste product in the manufacture of a refrigerant gas which damages the ozone layer, called HCFC 22, and chemical plants have used their CDM profits to ramp up production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

Scientists taking part in the TC4 experiment, which ran from July 2 to August 15, 2007, measured ozone-depleting chemicals including CFCs and CFC substitutes (such as HCFC-22 and methyl iodide - an important alternative to the ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide).    From Wordnik.com.  [New from the CCSP's Participating Agencies] Reference

I don't remember the name, but I know that there is one, for example, in HCFC (ph).    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2003] Reference

HCFC 22 now risked undoing recent repair to the ozone layer, Shende said in an interview.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

We're working to implement a new international agreement that will accelerate cuts in potent HCFC emissions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008] Reference

The United States Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 regulate the use and disposal of CFCs and HCFC, since then the goal is a total phaseout of there use.    From Wordnik.com.  [warming-gate] Reference

Chemical plants have used CDM profits to cut the sale price of HCFC 22, pricing out alternatives that don't deplete ozone such as carbon dioxide and ammonia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

The HCFC products have significant adverse environmental impacts, including persistence and global warming potential, but should be somewhat less toxic than PCE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternatives for significant uses of perchloroethylene in Massachusetts] Reference

As manufacturers phase out R-22 HCFC refrigerant, there have been more environmentally friendly liquid mediums brought into the marketplace to use in your system.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBuildingTalk: Save Money on Your Heating and Cooling Bill with Geothermal] Reference

Neither of these refrigerants is environmentally benign and both of them will be phased out after the year 2020 when provisions of the Montreal Protocol regarding HCFC usage is enacted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Technology for Air Conditioning] Reference

Governments signed up to the Montreal Protocol will likely vote next month to accelerate the complete phase out of HCFC 22 in developing countries by 2025 or 2030 from 2040 now, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

"This is certainly one of the major drivers now in the increase in production of HCFC 22," Rajendra Shende, director of ozone issues at the United Nations Environment Programme, which administers the Montreal Protocol, said on Monday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

One widely used coolant gas, HCFC, damages the ozone layer.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report] Reference

Montreal Protocol, HCFC will be phased out worldwide by 2030.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report] Reference

China has also agreed to the same 2030 date for HCFC as the US / EU.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

Scenario Study of the Effects of CFC, HCFC, and HFC Emissions on Stratospheric Ozone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future changes in ozone in the Arctic] Reference

Under the international agreement, known as the Montreal Protocol, HCFC will be phased out worldwide by 2030.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report] Reference

United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), HCFC Phaseout Schedule HCFC Phaseout Schedule, (below).    From Wordnik.com.  [CFC-11] Reference

A pound of CFC or HCFC in refrigerant-based A/Cs contributes as much to global warming as 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

"The rate of HCFC use is skyrocketing," noted Clare Perry, senior ozone campaigner with the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel] Reference

Starting January 1, under the Montreal Protocol, the world's developed nations must cut HCFC consumption and production by 75 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference

The U.S. EPA recognizes that higher levels of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) can be traced back to increased usage of HCFC-type refrigerants.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

The Montreal Protocol requires the phase-out of the hydrochloro-fluorocarbon (HCFC) 142b, an ozone-depleting compound by January 1, 2010.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Other HCFC compounds are also being phased out in developed countries, under the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental agreement.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Called the extensive Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) baseline survey, it will ensure a sustainable approach for a smooth transition in the phasing out of ODS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News] Reference

How To Prepare Your Organization For The Phase Out of R-22 HCFC Refrigerants daily e-mail newsletter to get more news and analysis delivered right to your in-box.    From Wordnik.com.  [InsuranceTech - All Stories] Reference

The Co-op said the EIA report had ignored recent steps taken to reduce refrigerant leakage, which they say they cut by almost 30% in 2009, and the elimination of HCFC at new distribution centres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference

In any case, China is going to be a major manufacture of HCFC free systems for the rest of the world so its wasn't really hard to get them to agree to this, especially when we dangled a few carrots.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

(14-09-2009) Viet Nam's industries could be free of Chloroflurocarbons (CFC) by next year and of Hydrochloroflurocarbons (HCFC) in two decades, the deputy director of the ministry's Meteorology, Hydrology and.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Coach Joel Santana Refuses To Talk About Benni McCarthy] Reference

The same year it acquired Grangemouth, INEOS partnered with Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), a company in Gurjarat, India that produces HCFC 22, a refrigerant gas for air conditioning units and refrigerators.    From Wordnik.com.  [CounterPunch] Reference

Down near the bottom of the table was The Co-op, ranking third from worst. ozone-depleting gas HCFC in a number of their distribution centres, and their use of greenhouse gas HFC for refrigeration systems in stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference

Comparison of the Montreal Protocol and United States Phaseout SchedulesMontreal Protocol United States Year to be Implemented % Reduction in Consumption and Production1, Using the Cap as a Baseline Year to be Implemented Implementation of HCFC Phaseout through Clean Air Act Regulations 2004 35.0% 2003 No production and no importing of HCFC-141b.    From Wordnik.com.  [CFC-11] Reference

1 Adjustments to the HCFC phaseout schedule agreed at the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, September 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [CFC-11] Reference

The refrigerants used in commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) or regular air conditioning (AC) units include Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC), chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and perfluorocarbon (PFC).    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

HCFC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ozone Science Crossword Puzzle] Reference

CFCs and HCFC Banks: Phasing-Out Old Appliances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Worth: Need for Speed: Buying Time for the Clean Energy Revolution] Reference

HCFC route.    From Wordnik.com.  [MTBGuru.com] Reference