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North America // Policy
US Climate Alliance Urges Industry to Support States’ HFC Regulatory Efforts At ATMOsphere America, Executive Director Julie Cerqueira offers the Alliance as a vehicle to provide information to 25 states ― By Michael Garry
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peaking on June 18 at the AT M O s p h e r e America conference in Atlanta, Ga., Julie Cerqueira, executive director of the U.S. Climate Alliance, called upon the 400 HVAC&R industry attendees to “give us your best ideas and work with us to implement them. “Some of our best ideas we have had because industry has brought them to my attention or has talked to our states,” she added. Formed in 2017 in response to U.S. plans to withdraw from the Paris climate change accord, the U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan group of 24 U.S. state governors as well as the governor of Puerto Rico. Among its initiatives aimed at reducing g re e n h o u s e g as e m is s i o n s i n th e abse n c e of fe de ral leade rship, th e Alliance is addressing short-term climate pollutants (SLCPs), including HFCs. (See “States Coalition Making Progress on HFC Reduction,” Accelerate Magazine, June 2019.)
Julie Cerqueira, U.S. Climate Alliance
Accelerate Magazine // July - August 2019