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PostJanuary 21, 2020

There’s been a huge spike in one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases

Emissions of HFC-23, one ton of which is equivalent in heating effect to 12,400 tons of CO2, reached an all-time high in 2018, writes Charlotte Jee for MIT Technology Review. The last major HFC-23 emitting countries self-reported that their emissions reached almost zero the year before.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615075/greenhouse-gas-climate-change…

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