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California’s Overlooked Climate Threat: The Rise of Sulfuryl Fluoride Emissions


State emits more than rest of country combined, new study finds. California, a state known for its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction policies, is ironically the nation’s greatest emitter of one: sulfuryl fluoride. As much as 17% of global emissions of this gas, a common pesticide for treating

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