Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says

Singapore Reuters Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday. The gases are hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a range of chemicals used mostly for cooling in industry and retail, […]
Pope Francis reflects on three decades of international cooperation on climate change

Vatican City RNS Only a few days after the United States officially gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Pope Francis took the opportunity to praise a gathering of environmental regulators meeting in Rome this week. In a statement to participants of the 31st meeting for the Montreal Protocol on Substances […]