The super pollutant making criminals rich | Living Planet

At some point today, you’ve probably used an appliance that relies on HFCs, otherwise known as refrigerants. HFCs are super pollutants many times more potent than CO2, which is why places like the EU, the US and Australia are phasing them out for more climate friendly alternatives. Planet A reporter Tim Schauenberg went undercover to explore the black-market boom in these gases now worth hundreds of millions of euros in Europe alone. #podcast #livingplanet #environment #climatechange #refrigerants #PlanetA Chapters: 00:00 Going undercover to meet a refrigerants dealer 06:30 How refrigerants are entering Europe’s black-market 10:10 Here’s how releasing HFCs into the air compares to CO2 17:45 Europe is trying to crack down on HFC crime rings 24:25 What ended up happening to the cylinder?  👉 Listen and subscribe to Living Planet wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/livingplanet       👉 To get in touch with the team, go to speakpipe.com/livingplanet 👉 Inside the lucrative pollutant hiding in your fridge    • The organized crime hiding in your fridge