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Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices
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Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices

The Guardian · May 21, 2026, 2:34 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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EPA is loosening Biden-era rule that requires US businesses to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, in what officials say is a push to lower grocery costs.The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, said the Biden-era rule imposes costly restrictions that limit the type of refrigerants US businesses and families can use. Continue reading...

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