1. The Trump Administration and Congress are considering approval of the Kigali Amendment, which would completely phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (refrigerants), which are also greenhouse gases. The Kigali Amendment will update the Montreal Amendment, which initially only reduced HFCs use. There are many special interests that are increasing pressure on the government to ratify the amendment, and this can be a victory for opposing groups.
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The Winter Olympics Games will be ending tomorrow (or today when we post this?), and our New York Times Climate Fwd. newsletter included a good piece on the environmental friendliness of the Games. According to Kendra Pierre-Louis, the organizing committee for Pyeongchang estimated that the Games will emit 1.6 million metric tons of CO2, 1/3 of which comes from transportation and board. Although recent Olympics have receive the ISO 20121 certification from the International Organization for Standardization, the Rio Olympic stadiums have no use now. Pyeongchang had to cut down some ten thousand trees to make the ski run alone, although environmental groups observed for the Winter Olympics in Sochi that there was illegal dumping, logging and construction in a national park.
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