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Mission Pharmacals Dr. Smiths Brand Participates in White House HFC Roundtable\n
2014-10-02 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
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White House tackles HFC emissions to slash global warming
2014-09-16 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Obama administration said on Tuesday (Sep 16) it will slash emissions of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used to fuel refrigerators and air conditioners that contributes to global warming. The White House joined twenty companies, including Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Target, Dupont and Honeywell, to scale down or eliminate HFCs in production chains. Subcontractors in federal offices will also phase down the use of HFCs. The new commitments will reduce the equivalent of 700 million...
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Netia introduces GigaCable service on Aster's HFC network
2014-08-21 17:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Polish operator Netia offers the new service GigaCable in Warsaw and Krakow on the HFC network of the former operator Aster, which Netia bought from UPC Poland. Netia offers internet at 300 Mbps (with e-invoice and 12-month contract) for PLN 49.90 a month (including free WiFi router) and a package of internet and TV for PLN 39.90. Aster's HFC network upgrade based on Docsis 3.0 allows Netia to offer one of the fastest internet services in Poland (up to 300 Mbps). The operator also offers lower options: up to 20 Mbps for PLN 29.90 or up to PLN 100 Mbps for PLN 39.90 a month. The coverage of the former Aster's network is about 50 percent of inhabitants of Warsaw and a significant part of Krakow. Clients who opt for internet plus TV pay PLN 4.90 a month for the internet at 20 Mbps and PLN 39.90 for the whole internet and TV package. Internet 300 Mbps, when purchased with TV, will cost PLN 24.90 a month (PLN 59.90 for the whole package). Netia's TV offers 180 digital TV channels, including 60 in HD. The minimum TV subscription is PLN 35 including the Starter package for PLN 15. Telephone service is available for additional fee of PLN 5 a month. The first multiroom service from Netia costs PLN 1.
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Op-Ed: Walmart is Failing to Honor its Commitment to Roll Back Greenhouse HFC Gases
2013-11-03 19:36:29| Beverages - Topix.net
Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, is said to have telephoned Mike Duke, the CEO of Walmart, on Thanksgiving Day 2010 to ask him to sign the Consumer Goods Forum's resolution, which asks companies to begin phasing down hydrofluorocarbons by 2015.
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India and US HFC row brews at UN talks in Bangkok
2013-10-25 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: India has blocked attempts to curb the use of the highly polluting chemicals used in refrigeration this week, in a move which places them on collision course with the US. During week-long UN negotiations in Bangkok this week, India has stood in the way of a US proposal to move regulation of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987, was designed to phase out substances that are responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer. The mass support it received at the...