ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- When the temperature goes up in Florida, air conditioners start working overtime. And Freon, a chemical used to make air cold, is a hot commodity right now because it's getting ...

An Apple Valley, Minn., man found slumped over a neighbor's air conditioner is accused of stealing Freon from that unit and several others in the neighborhood to get high -- a habit that landed him in ...

Big changes are coming to the way you keep your house cool. The type of refrigerant currently used in HVAC systems is being phased out. Big changes are coming to the way you keep your house cool. The ...

It was hard not to notice the giant, reflective cube at CES 2020. The OxiCool looks like a Martian playhouse, but its unique technology can actually cool your whole house with a little bit of water ...

Big changes are coming to the way you keep your house cool. The type of refrigerant currently used in HVAC systems is being phased out. The 2020 American Innovation and Manufacturing Act directed ...

If your air conditioning system was installed before 2010, you may not be able to get coolant for it starting next January. Here's what you need to do to prepare for that cutoff. As spring comes to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

As of 1 January 2020, the chemical HCFC-22, which a principal component of the trade-named refrigerant “Freon,” will no longer be produced in or imported by the United States. What's False Freon-based ...

Old air conditioners that leak refrigerant will become more costly to fix starting in 2020, local heating and air conditioning specialists said. Effective Jan. 1, the United States will no longer ...