The Senate ratified a United Nations climate treaty Wednesday, binding the U.S. to an agreement to phase out the use of a key chemical found in home appliances.
The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Wednesday ratifying adating back decades that reduces the use of a chemical found in household appliances.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Sept. 28, 2021. Kennedy has been among the most vocal supporters of ratifying the Kigali Amendment. The bipartisan American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, which Congress passed and former President Donald Trump signed in 2020, authorized the
He noted that the government should pursue HFC restrictions via domestic legislation to allow a reversal if consumer costs become too onerous.
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