Q: My air conditioning contractor just charged me $100 per pound for R-22 refrigerant. This is a lot more than I paid four years ago. Is this a fair price these days? A: Prices for R-22 refrigerant, ...

Beginning on January 1, 2020, producing or importing R22 freon will become illegal in the United States. Given the refigerant’s ozone-damaging properties, the move is the latest step in the EPA’s ...

SEQUIM –– Clallam County is investigating a mysterious concentration of Freon 22, a refrigerant once commonly used in heat pumps and air conditioners, recently discovered in wells outside Sequim.

If your air conditioner uses R-22 refrigerant and the refrigerant leaks, it will be expensive to recharge the system. In the very near future, it will likely become either cost-prohibitive or ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As summer approaches and temperatures rise, air conditioning becomes an essential part of life in Florida. But for anyone looking at repairs to their A/C units, the price of one ...

A refrigerant used in home air conditioners is going away. The most common air-conditioning coolant for decades was R-22, referred to as Freon. Production of it ends this year.It is being replaced by ...

Nassau County has approved Glen Cove’s request to reopen one of two wells closed because of Freon 22 contamination. “This is fantastic news,” Mayor Timothy Tenke said Wednesday. Glen Cove officials ...

The city of Glen Cove has shut two of its five drinking water wells after elevated levels of the chemical Freon 22 were discovered. City officials are studying whether to spend millions of dollars on ...