Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced efforts to bar a class of chemicals used in refrigerators and air conditioning that are a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. “I think the industry knows that this is the direction that things are heading,” said Hannah Pingree, co-chair of Maine’s Climate Council. She said that Hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, are a more potent global warming gas than carbon dioxide.

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