Home Depot fined $1.6M for allegedly selling environmentally harmful refrigerant in Washington

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Washington State Department of Ecology has fined The Home Depot Inc. $1.6 million for allegedly selling banned products containing environmentally harmful hydrofluorocarbons despite local regulations.

The suit was filed after Department of Ecology officials spent two years asking the multinational corporation to comply with state laws and cease its sales of hydrofluorocarbon products in Washington, the agency says.

"HFCs are powerful greenhouse gasses...