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BumRushDaShow

(172,382 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 04:40 AM 8 hrs ago

Trump rolls back Biden-era refrigerant rules in push to lower grocery costs

Source: USA Today

May 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on May 21 overhauled two Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency rules for refrigerants in a push the White House claims will lower grocery costs for consumers.

One action, reported first by USA TODAY, delays deadlines for groceries and other companies to phase out the use of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons for refrigeration under the 2023 Technology Transitions Rule.

Hydrofluorocarbons, used for refrigeration and cooling, are considered "super pollutants" that, although short-lived in the atmosphere, are more powerful than carbon dioxide.

The move is expected to make more refrigerants ‒ the key chemical compounds in freezers, refrigerators and air-conditioning systems ‒ available for supermarkets, homeowners and other businesses, which the White House estimates will produce $900 million in savings, including $800 million at groceries.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/21/trump-grocery-costs-refrigerant-rules-epa-biden/90202305007/



This will make ZERO difference in grocery prices but will exacerbate the ozone hole, and climate change.
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Trump rolls back Biden-era refrigerant rules in push to lower grocery costs (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP
You know what would help consumers Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #1
While this is total bullshit, $900,000,000 is less than he wants us to pay for his ballroom ToxMarz 6 hrs ago #2
It will save every American that eats food lapfog_1 5 hrs ago #5
It is pure bullshit. Scruffy1 4 hrs ago #7
"...push to lower grocery costs!?" Bullshit! William Seger 6 hrs ago #3
That's A Bingo! (Plus A Massive Kickback To The Don.) ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #4
Everything he touches BettyBlueDot 5 hrs ago #6
Typical Vulture Capitalist thinking. Icanthinkformyself 4 hrs ago #8
Yeah, I'd like to see the math on that. travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #9
I guess the parties aren't the same after all. SamuelAdams 3 hrs ago #10
That was a Nader 2000 lie DemocracyForever 50 min ago #11

Buddyzbuddy

(2,916 posts)
1. You know what would help consumers
Fri May 22, 2026, 05:47 AM
7 hrs ago

Mr. Expert on everything. Not starting senseless wars that interfere with the transportation of OIL! You fool.

ToxMarz

(3,074 posts)
2. While this is total bullshit, $900,000,000 is less than he wants us to pay for his ballroom
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:01 AM
6 hrs ago

It's half of what he want us to pay for his Thug Fund. It less than he's costing us everyday for his war. Its a fraction of what his tariffs are costing us.

lapfog_1

(31,986 posts)
5. It will save every American that eats food
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:09 AM
5 hrs ago

$2.65 per year! Or $10.58 for a family of four!

Yea Trump! Way to bring down my $160 / week grocery bill!!!

Scruffy1

(3,545 posts)
7. It is pure bullshit.
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:01 AM
4 hrs ago

California , New York and other states have stricter rules than the EPA. Besides, when old equipment fails it is usually more cost efficient to replace it than to repair it.

William Seger

(12,536 posts)
3. "...push to lower grocery costs!?" Bullshit!
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:24 AM
6 hrs ago

Every #rump regulation rollback benefits someone who paid for it.

BettyBlueDot

(27 posts)
6. Everything he touches
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:20 AM
5 hrs ago

Destroy our air, water and climate to push delusional concept that grocers will ACTUALLY lower prices if their refrigerants cost less? Yeah, and he also has a bridge he wants to sell you.

Icanthinkformyself

(425 posts)
8. Typical Vulture Capitalist thinking.
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:03 AM
4 hrs ago

Create the illusion of a 'lower or same price' by cutting corners to save money now that will result in spending orders of magnitude as much to repair the environmental and economic damage that occurs. Like 'investing' in our children's health and education. It will cost lots of money now but save boatloads latter. Capitalists don't think beyond the next quarter and we are supposed to trust the 'invisible hand' to do more than just slap us around. It's the very definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Vote for Republicans, get sucky government. Like voting to put insurrectionists into high public office and expecting them to act like they aren't insurrectionists. That's the entire Guardians Of Pedophiles party.
Tax the rich until they are rich no more. Society does not require, need or mandate the existence of billionaires. AOC is correct. You cannot 'earn' a billion dollars. You accumulate it with tax fraud/evasion, investing in organizations that run criminal operations, much of it sex trafficking, drugs and arms dealing and laundries for all the crime tainted money to use for political campaign contributions. We used to call that bribery and graft. Now it's called 'compensating the servants for their fealty.'

DemocracyForever

(192 posts)
11. That was a Nader 2000 lie
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:41 PM
50 min ago

BTW, saving on groceries won't matter if we're all dead from breathing polluted air and dirking polluted water caused by Trump's total idiocy and refusal to accept scientific fact. I also doubt that there's really any kind of savings on groceries involved in this as well. It's just another Trump scam designed to further poison our planet and threaten the survival of humanity.

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