The so-called Kigali amendment calls for the phase-down of HFCs, gases used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration that are significantly more potent than carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming.
Senior administration officials have told Reuters that worldwide implementation of the amendment could prevent as much as a half degree Celsius in warming by the end of the century. The amendment icludes specific targets and timetables to replace HFCs with climate-friendly alternatives and restricts countries that have ratified the Montreal protocol and its amendments from trading in controlled substances with states that haven't ratified.
"It counts for the global competitive advantage it creates; it counts with the additional exports that will result and it counts for U.S. technology preeminence," said Stephen Yurek, president of trade association the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute .
Who the fuck votes against that?