Leaking Havoc in Northern California
Invisible Climate Pollution in the Golden State
EIA, Green America, and YouthPower Climate Action surveyed more than two dozen supermarkets in Northern California and found at least half of the stores were leaking climate-polluting refrigerants. This is the third Leaking Havoc investigation in a new geographic region, showing the widespread nature of this issue.
HFCs are a group of man-made greenhouse gases considered to be a “super climate pollutant” because they have thousands of times more global warming potential (GWP) than carbon dioxide (CO2). The average supermarket leaks 25% of its refrigerant each year. Across the 42,000 stores nationwide, EIA estimates U.S. supermarkets release the greenhouse gas equivalent of burning 65 billion pounds of coal every single year.
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