Dear Green American, Kroger needs to hear from you directly about its largest source of direct greenhouse gas emissions. As many of you know, supermarkets use a lot of energy, and up to 60 percent is used for cooling and heating systems. But the largest climate impacts come from the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants themselves. A typical supermarket consumes 4,000 pounds of refrigerants each year with a quarter leaking out due to faulty systems. Refrigerant leaks from US supermarkets emit 45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases every year (the equivalent of 9.5 million cars on the road). Kroger is the largest grocery chain in the US and is failing to take action on HFCs. HFCs account for a staggering 63% of Kroger’s direct climate emissions, but Kroger is only committing to install non-HFC refrigerants in 7 out of their 2,800 stores. At this rate, it would take Kroger hundreds of years to move off HFCs! Show Kroger that customers want the grocery giant to act fast. Many of you have taken action, but this time we’re doing something new. Kroger has a “comment section” on its website where customers can leave messages for the company. Together, we want to leave them thousands of comments about its HFC problem. Please take a moment to let Kroger know you care about the climate crisis and what it can do about it. And let me know what you hear from them! | 
