A bitter debate over HFCs heats up ahead of India-US talks

The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but they won't find it easy to push New Delhi to jun

New Delhi: The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) — the climate damaging refrigerant gas — but they won’t find it easy to push N

United States and other industrialized nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but it won't be easy for them to push New Delhi to divert from its stated position.

India has got support of three other powerful nations - Brazil, South Africa and China - in getting its position endorsed that the country will not phase out HFC unless there is availability of safe and economically viable alternatives.

A powerful group of nations working on climate change has agreed with India's stand against the US and some developed countries' move to push for the phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Poland will reduce its carbon emissions through new technologies rather than by cutting output of polluting coal, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

The strongest scientific warning to date that global warming is man-made may have a muted impact when it is released later this month with many governments more focused on nursing weak economies th