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Resources RadioEstimating the social costs of hydrofluorocarbons, with Lisa RennelsIn this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Lisa Rennels, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, about a class of synthetic industrial chemicals used in air-conditioners, refrigerators, and other technologies: hydrofluorocarbons. Rennels discusses the proliferation of these chemicals in recent decades, the cost of hydrofluorocarbon emissions to society, the feedback loop between global warming and increased use of these chemicals for air-conditioning, and global efforts to reduce the emissions of hydrofluorocarbons.
References and recommendations:
“The social costs of hydrofluorocarbons and the benefits from their expedited phase-down” by Tammy Tan, Lisa Rennels, and Bryan Parthum; https://www.na...2024-04-0135 min
ATS Breathe EasyWildfire and Pre-term Births Data in Latest Health of the Air ReportThe American Thoracic Society together with the Marron Institute of Urban Management at NYU has published the latest Health of the Air Report. Dr. Kevin Cromar and colleagues share local and national estimates of the health impacts of air pollution – including smoke from wildfires – that exceeds recommended levels by the ATS.2023-11-2824 min