In âcritical and totally doable first step,â EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants
With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, âEPA is taking another significant step under President Bidenâs ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,â said the agencyâs administrator.
As the Biden administration faces pressure to step up its climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its first rule to tackle the global emergencyâa proposal to reduce planet-heating chemicals commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning by 85% over the next 15 years.
The EPA’s proposed rule on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)âwhich are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxideâcomes in response to the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, which Congress passed in December as part of a Covid-19 relief and spending package.
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President and CEO, New York Power Authority
While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations to boost renewable energy and increased efficiency.
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Chairman, President and CEO; New York President, Con Edison
It will be the end of an era come January when John McAvoy resigns as president and CEO of Con Edison. McAvoy’s retirement reshuffles the top ranks of the influential utility, which is among the nation’s largest. Timothy Cawley, who leads Con Ed’s New York subsidiary, will succeed McAvoy as head of the parent corporation, while Matt Ketschke, a senior vice president,