MILFORD, Conn. – Sen. Chris Murphy joined advocates last week in Milford to discuss his bipartisan legislation to reduce “super pollutants.”
The Super Pollutants Act of 2014 is a bipartisan piece of legislation introduced by Murphy and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, last week. The proposal is aimed at reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), referred to as “super pollutants.”
These super pollutants are non-carbon dioxide greenhouse pollutants and can come from a variety of places, such as landfills, refrigerators, air conditioners, diesel engines and cookstoves.
These pollutants stay in the atmosphere for a relatively short amount of time, but they are responsible for around 40 percent of global warming, making them the second-largest contributor after carbon dioxide.
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