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.

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 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 ...

Two drinking water wells in Glen Cove have been shut down after they were found to contain Freon 22. Glen Cove officials say they shut down the wells as a precaution. Environmentalist Adrienne ...

The news about Well 30 reopening broke minutes after the Herald Gazette went to press. The online version of this article has been updated in the coming days to reflect this breaking news. Since Jan.

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 ...