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There’s an invisible climate threat seeping from grocery store freezers. Biden wants to change that. Source: By Desmond Butler, Washington Post • Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
New undercover survey suggests leaks of powerful planet-warming gases pervade many supermarkets
A customer pushes a shopping cart through the frozen foods section at Costco in Louisville. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News)
In nearly every supermarket in America, a network of pipes transports compressed refrigerants that keep perishable goods cold. Most of these chemicals are hydrofluorocarbons greenhouse gases thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide which often escape through cracks or systems that were not properly installed. Once they leak, they are destined to pollute the atmosphere.
Bad weather in the North could hamper COVID vaccinations in Polk County
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