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 ...

The year 2020 will capture attention for being an election year and perhaps for the summer Olympics in Tokyo. On the homeownership side of things, however, it’s the year that an old ozone-eating ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Glen Cove officials said they hope to get permission from Nassau County this week to reopen one of the water wells shut down because of Freon 22 contamination. Meanwhile, city workers are installing a ...