The department says the companies are being penalized $1.1M in total for continuing to sell a refrigerant called R‑134a, which is prohibited in Washington.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Ecology issued penalties totaling over $1.1 million to Amazon Inc. and Walmart Inc. for illegally selling climate-polluting cooling and refrigeration products.
Ecology says the penalties follow repeated warnings and extensive efforts over several years to help the companies comply with the law.
In 2019 and 2021, the Washington Legislature passed a series of laws designed to phase out the use of refrigerants and cooling products containing hydrofluorocarbons. Hydrofluorocarbons are powerful greenhouse gases that
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