Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his keynote address to promote U.S. climate and environmental goals, at the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on the elimination of hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) use, held in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, October 14, 2016.JAMES AKENA/Reuters Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday. The gases are hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a range of chemicals used mostly for cooling in industry…

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